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"The number of children who arrive at primary school unable to speak in full sentences is rising, according to a government review"

Tags: literacy, language, education, primary, UK, learning, inequity, poverty, socialjustice on 2008-07-08 -All Annotations (0) -About

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What's missing from this article, and the response to this academic, are problems associated with the IQ test itself - which privileges certain types of knowledge and cultural codes. There is also the complete absence of commentary on social conditions, i

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Food deserts are areas where people have low or no access to food shops. In other words, they are neighborhoods with low average home incomes and poor access to healthy food

Tags: inequity, social, poverty, nutrition, food, access on 2008-04-29 -All Annotations (0) -About

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this toy, marketed for 3- to 8-year olds, comes complete with martini glasses, bar stools and a disco scene portraying scantily clad dancers holding drinks!"

Tags: gender, girls, toys, marketing, consumerism, inequity, sexism on 2008-04-09 -All Annotations (0) -About

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