If ever a picture was worth a thousand words, the MRI scan shown by Professor Barry Carpenter at the APPG for Education meeting on Tuesday 14th May on Special Educational Needs (SEN) was that picture. The scan showed two brains, one of expected development and one stunted by Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). The difference was …
Category: Meeting
Feb 21 2012
Literacy inquiry – responses and Early Day Motion
The APPG met on 8th November 2011 to discuss the responses to the literacy inquiry: download the summary of responses The Group also agreed to table Early Day Motion 2420: That this House is concerned about the high number of children and adults who struggle to read; is alarmed by the large proportion of offenders …
Jan 31 2012
The changing schools landscape
Four panellists with a range of experience and views joined the APPG and around 50 guests to debate “The changing schools landscape: what can maintained schools, free schools and academies learn from one another?” With Nic Dakin MP chairing the meeting, the panellists were: Fiona Millar, education journalist and co-founder of the Local Schools Network …