Wednesday, 29 May 2013

Literacy 'hit by malnourishment'

By Hannah Richardson BBC News education reporter A group of leading authors including Julia Donaldson is highlighting new research that malnutrition leaves children struggling to read and write.
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<P>The children's laureate backs a global study that suggests children who are badly malnourished are 20% more likely to misread simple sentences.</P>
<P>The Save the Children report on 7,300 eight-year-olds says quality schooling can be cancelled out by

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