Posted on 21 December 2011 10 things we learned from NatCen Social Research in 2011 (and one more for Christmas) Our Director of Research, William O'Connor shares the 10 most important things we have learnt from our research in 2011: Read the rest of this entry Tags: British Gambling Prevalence Survey, British Social Attitudes, Evaluation of Every Child a Reader, family interventions, Growing up in Scotland, Health Survey for England, London riots, The Reality of Generation Rent, Scottish Social Attitudes, Survey of Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in England, Troubled Families Unit, Understanding Society
Posted on 11 August 2011 by Emily Tanner, Head of Children, Families & Work Children who struggle to read are not beyond help Emily Tanner presents evidence that shows intensive reading support can have a positive impact on children who start school labelled a 'low achiever'. Our report, Evaluation of Every Child a Reader, shows that both boys and girls can benefit from Reading Recovery, a programme of daily one-to-one support from a specially trained teacher. Read the rest of this entry Tags: children and young people, education, Evaluation of Every Child a Reader, Reading Recovery, poverty