The final report: Children, their World, their Education
The Cambridge Primary Review’s final report, Children, their World, their Education, was published on 16th October 2009. It generated considerable interest from the media, and a substantial proportion of this material is available to download here. Further information regarding the publication of the report can be found here.
December
11th December, 2009 – Carly Chynoweth, Campaigning for evidence-based education, The Times
8th December, 2009 – Graeme Paton, Boys falling further behind at school, The Daily Telegraph
November
30th November, 2009 – Adharanand Finn, Steiner schools – has their time come?, The Guardian
13th November, 2009 – Helen Ward, Evidence era to let schools call the shots?, Times Educational Supplement
3rd November, 2009 – Peter Mortimore, Cambridge review team, take heart – your ideas may yet triumph, The Guardian
October
31st October, 2009 – Julie Henry, Boycott of schools tests moves closer with union ballot, The Daily Telegraph
26th October, 2009 – Education letters, The Guardian
25th October, 2009 – Stephanie Northen, Do pay attention, Barbara, The Guardian
25th October, 2009 – Jenni Russell, Bring on the squeeze, it can make us better, The Sunday Times
24th October, 2009 – Robin Alexander, Schools ministers fail to learn lessons, The Guardian
24th October, 2009 – Polly Curtis, Ed Balls accused of “lashing out wildly” at primary school review findings, The Guardian
23rd October, 2009 – Helen Ward, Early-years debate in search of battle lines, Times Educational Supplement
23rd October, 2009 – William Stewart and Helen Ward, Alexander hits out: “No way has Coaker read my report”, Times Educational Supplement
23rd October, 2009 – Warwick Mansell, Targets are not the way to make schools accountable, The Guardian
23rd October, 2009 – Letters: Cambridge Primary Review – government would do well to heed these child-centred recommendations, Times Educational Supplement
22nd October, 2009 – Alan Smithers, Keep education academics well away from running our schools please, The Independent
22nd October, 2009 – Cambridge primary review: why the government rejects it, Mortarboard blog, The Guardian
21st October, 2009 – Polly Curtis, Rowan Williams condemns “oppressive” English educational system, The Guardian
20th October, 2009 – Michael Gove, Tories set out their plans for primary education, The Guardian
20th October, 2009 – Letters: Stalinist methods blight our schools, The Independent
20th October, 2009 – Letters: State-approved childhood, The Daily Telegraph
20th October, 2009 – Sarah Harris, Fears for ‘exhausted’ children as Ed Balls steps up the push to start schooling at four, The Daily Mail
19th October, 2009 – Peter Preston, In praise of targets, The Guardian
19th October, 2009 – Graeme Paton, Children “can start school at four”, parents told, The Guardian
19th October, 2009 – Nicole Morgan, When should children start learning?, Classroom London
18th October, 2009 – Barbara Ellen, Pack children off to school as soon as you can, The Guardian
18th October, 2009 – Margareta Pagano, Raise the school age to six to boost British literacy, The Independent
18th October, 2009 – John Rentoul, The golden age of education is a myth, The Independent
17th October, 2009 – David Robson, Schools don’t pass check-out, The Daily Express
16th October, 2009 – Helen Ward, Disadvantage lies at heart of primary review, Times Educational Supplement
16th October, 2009 – Michael Shaw, Intrepid prof takes on The Primary Code, Times Educational Supplement
16th October, 2009 – Helen Ward, Alexander Review: Give us back our schools, Times Educational Supplement
16th October, 2009 – Michael Shaw, Editorial – Historic report offers vision for teachers in Wales, Times Educational Supplement Wales
16th October, 2009 – Mike Baker, All change for primary schools?, BBC News
16th October, 2009 – Hannah Richardson, Review backs later formal lessons, BBC News
16th October, 2009 – Hannah Richardson, Science and literacy in the sandpit, BBC News
16th October, 2009 – Polly Curtis, The Cambridge primary review’s key findings, The Guardian
16th October, 2009 – Polly Curtis, Devastating criticism of primary education dismissed by ministers, The Guardian
16th October, 2009 – Polly Curtis, Start school at six, key schools report recommends, The Guardian
16th October, 2009 – Sonia Sodha, Politicians ignore educational experts, The Guardian
16th October, 2009 – School rules, The Guardian
16th October, 2009 – Leading article, A better way to educate primary school children, The Guardian
16th October, 2009 – School should begin at six, says key education report, New Statesman
16th October, 2009 – Richard Garner, A study that should sound the death knell for league tables, The Independent
16th October, 2009 – Richard Garner, Generation of pupils being put off school, The Independent
16th October, 2009 – Margaret Davis and Robert Dex, Minister rejects plan to start lessons at six, The Independent
16th October, 2009 – John O’Leary, Children start school too young – wait till they’re 6, experts say, The Times
16th October, 2009 – Philip Collins, It doesn’t matter what age your child starts school, The Times
16th October, 2009 – Sue Palmer and Liz Steele, Too much too soon, or a crucial chance to interact?, The Times
16th October, 2009 – Educating the Educators, The Times
16th October, 2009 – David Turner, Call for schooling to begin at six, The Financial Times
16th October, 2009 – Robin Alexander, Primary review commentary: tough on standards, tough on tests, The Daily Telegraph
16th October, 2009 – Telegraph view, After 40 years, we still can’t get our schools right, The Daily Telegraph
16th October, 2009 – Vicki Woods, Our education system leaves me baffled, The Daily Telegraph
16th October, 2009 – Graeme Paton, Primary review: specialist teachers for infants, The Daily Telegraph
16th October, 2009 – Graeme Paton, Primary review: “start formal lessons at six”, The Daily Telegraph
16th October, 2009 – Graeme Paton, Primary review: school standards rise “has been exaggerated”, The Daily Telegraph
16th October, 2009 – Graeme Paton, Primary review: Scrap Sats tests, experts say, The Daily Telegraph
16th October, 2009 – Experts say primary school pupils should not start formal learning until they are six, The Daily Mirror
16th October, 2009 – Later school start plans rejected, The Daily Express
16th October, 2009 – Later school start plans rejected, The Daily Star
16th October, 2009 – Laura Clark, Children should start school at six says Cambridge review of primary education, The Daily Mail
16th October, 2009 – Tim Ross, MPs reject call for children not to attend school until they are six, London Evening Standard
16th October, 2009 – Call to start formal lessons at six, The Sun
16th October, 2009 – Beginning to learn: school starting ages, Channel 4 News
16th October, 2009 – Start lessons at six, says report, Channel 4 News
9th October, 2009 – Graeme Paton, Sats tests “should be axed” in school shake-up, The Daily Telegraph
9th October, 2009 – Helen Ward, Primary: Sector braced for Alexander report, Times Educational Supplement
September
26th September, 2009 – Mike Baker, Review aims to overturn tradition, BBC News
14th September, 2009 – Mike Baker, Why is primary schooling still based on Victorian policies?, The Guardian
July
24th July, 2009 – Sue Lyle, ‘Clash of the Titans: Rose vs Alexander‘, Teaching Times
May
18th May, 2009 – Mike Baker, When is a review not really a review?, The Guardian
April
7th April, 2009 – Robin Alexander, What is the primary curriculum for?, The Guardian
March
20th March, 2009 – Helen Ward, National strategies could face shake-up, Times Educational Supplement
3rd March, 2009 – Shirley Williams, The winnowing out of happiness, The Guardian
February
Many of these news stories coincided with, or refer to, the publication of the Review’s final set of interim reports, entitled ‘The primary curriculum: an alternative vision’, published on 20th February, 2009. Further information about these reports can be found here and here.
27th February, 2009 – Helen Ward, All domains are not equal, Times Educational Supplement Scotland
23rd February, 2009 – Libby Purves, Pupils will never learn unless we make it fun, The Times
22nd February, 2009 – Minette Marin, I’ll spell it out: if children can’t read, lives are ruined, The Sunday Times
21st February, 2009 – Editorial, That’s the way it is, The Guardian
21st February, 2009 – Deborah Orr, No excuses – only better schooling, The Independent
20th February, 2009 – Robin Alexander, What is primary education for?, Times Educational Supplement
20th February, 2009 – Helen Ward, Primary Review calls for radical curriculum change, Times Educational Supplement
20th February, 2009 – Helen Ward, Tomorrow’s primaries: 2 reviews, 1 debate, Times Educational Supplement
20th February, 2009 – Primary education “too narrow”, BBC News
20th February, 2009 – Competing visions, The Economist
20th February, 2009 – Polly Curtis, Tests blamed for blighting children’s lives, The Guardian
20th February, 2009 – Polly Curtis, Where now after damning indictment of education?, The Guardian
20th February, 2009 – Richard Garner, Pupils have a right to a varied education, The Independent
20th February, 2009 – Richard Garner, Schoolchildren’s lives “are being impoverished”, The Independent
20th February, 2009 – Leading article, Leading article: Our primary schools are short-changing their pupils, The Independent
20th February, 2009 – Nicola Woolcock, Schools failing to fire the imagination, The Times
19th February, 2009 – Martin Beckford, Generation of pupils let down by focus on tests, The Daily Telegraph
1st February, 2009 – Amelia Hill, Caroline Davies, Gaby Hinsliff, Are our children really in crisis, or the victims of parents’ anxiety?, The Guardian
January
2nd January, 2009 – Mike Baker, Busy year coming up in education, BBC News
Further coverage of the CPR in 2009 can be found here.