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Research shows that watching television starting at a young age can profoundly affect children's development. These effects include obesity, language delays, and learning disabilities. Physical inactivity while viewing TV reduces necessary exercise and leads to over-eating. Language delays occur when a child does not interact with others.
Educational television or learning television is the use of television programs in the field of distance education. It may be in the form of individual television programs or dedicated specialty channels that are often associated with cable television in the United States as Public, educational, and government access (PEG) channel providers.
The Education Act 1980 (c. 20) is an act of Parliament relating to education in England and Wales. The act gave local authorities greater autonomy, and had a large effect on the lives of children. The act gave local authorities greater autonomy, and had a large effect on the lives of children.
The Education Act 1944 stated that parents are responsible for the education of their children, "by regular attendance at school or otherwise", which allows children to be educated at home. [38] Officially referred to as "Elective Home Education", teaching ranges from structured homeschooling (using a school-style curriculum) to less-structured ...
Up to 300,000 children in England could be missing from education, a report has suggested. ... DfE data, published in February, estimated that there were 117,100 children missing education (CME ...
BBC Schools, also known as BBC for Schools and Colleges or BBC Education, was the educational programming strand set up by the BBC in 1957, broadcasting a range of educational programmes for children aged 5–16.
A report published in November 2020 by Ofsted on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children in England after their first period out of school found that whilst some children had coped well with lockdown often enjoying the extra time with their families, others had struggled, regressing academically and losing basic skills such as young ...
Gerald S. Lesser was the Biglow Professor of Education and Developmental Psychology at Harvard University.He studied how social class and ethnicity interacted with school achievement and was one of the first academics in the US who researched how watching television affected children and their development.