Bumper End of Week Edition!

I've been at a conference for a few days, hence the lack of updates in the past week. So here's a round-up of what's been going on:

• Those of you with an interest in international issues should take a look at a new Eurydice report entitled Early Childhood Education and Care in Europe: Tackling Social and Cultural Inequalities, which contains detailed information about individual countries throughout the continent.
• Issues surrounding parenting of very young children are discussed in the Centre of Research for the Wider Benefits of Learning's Nurturing Parenting Capability: the Early Years
• Also on the topic of parenting, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has just published Work and Care: a Study of Modern Parents
• Finally, the House of Commons' Children, Schools and Family Committee has issued National Curriculum: Fourth Report of Session 2008–09, which calls for a slimmed down national curriculum that is designed from the learner's perspective.