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- Shakespeare's 'co-author' named by Oxford scholars - BBC, Wednesday April 25, 2012
'All's Well That Ends Well' has another author as well as William Shakespeare, according to research from Oxford University academics.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Shakespeare teaching course launched for actors - BBC, Friday March 30, 2007
Shakespearean actors are swapping the theatre for the classroom in a unique partnership between the Royal Shakespeare Company and the University of Warwick.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Shakespeare exam row after pupils told texts in advance - Daily Telegraph, Friday December 23, 2011
The William Shakespeare texts which feature in GCSE papers are being told to pupils in advance by the exam board Edexcel.
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Shakespeare and algebra are a must for all pupils, schools told - The Guardian, Monday February 5, 2007
Shakespeare, the world wars and algebra are "untouchable" parts of pupils' study, the education secretary will today tell a review of the secondary curriculum.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Shakespeare 'for five-year-olds' - BBC, Sunday July 6, 2008
Primary school children as young as five are to be given an early insight into the work of William Shakespeare. [...] Ian McNeilly from the National Association for the Teaching of English said: "Some of the language in the plays would be beyond pupils under a certain age, but the earlier children are introduced to Shakespeare the better. Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Seven-year-olds' progress in three Rs 'flatlining' - The Guardian, Friday August 29, 2008
Standards in basic reading, writing, maths and science among seven-year-olds in England have remained static, with the government calling for a push to drive up standards and opposition MPs claiming that progress has "flatlined".Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Seven Ages of Pedagogy - Times Educational Supplement, Friday March 21, 2003
Teachers can now enhance their skills at every stage of their careers, with a bit of help from the Bard.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Sense, sensibility ... and the truth about an author named Jane - The Guardian, Thursday November 4, 2010
No Austen scholar is of the opinion that 'everything came finished from her pen'Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Sedate world of New York publishing battle with youg upstart - the ebook - The Guardian, Wednesday December 16, 2009Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here
- Secret vault of words rejected by the Oxford English Dictionary uncovered - Daily Telegraph, Wednesday August 4, 2010
Wurfing, polkadodge and nonversation are among the words stored in secret files after being rejected for inclusion by the Oxford English Dictionary, it has been disclosed.
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Scribes of eternity - The Guardian, Saturday October 10, 2009
Poets deserve our thanks for their dedication to the craft of capturing and preserving experienceLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Scrapping Sats is a rash mistake - The Guardian, Tuesday November 4, 2008
Why not dismantle the high-stakes edifice, ban league tables, and free Sats to do as they were intended, says Peter Mortimore
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Scrapping Sats for 14-year-olds: the background - The Guardian, Tuesday October 14, 2008
Controversy over the tests reached a peak with this year's marking crisis. But the problems run much deeper
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Scrap these '19th-century' GCSEs, says expert - The Observer, Sunday August 19, 2007
A leading expert on exams and testing has claimed that GCSEs are stuck in the '19th century', forcing pupils to memorise facts that will be little use to them later in life.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Scrap school tests to stem rising tide of illiteracy, says think-tank - The Times, Wednesday December 27, 2006
National tests for pupils aged 11 and 14 should be scrapped and replaced with random tests in order to develop broader skills in reading, writing and arithmetic, according to a leading left-wing think-tank.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Scrap Sats and league tables, say teaching unions - The Guardian, Wednesday February 11, 2009
Teaching unions representing the majority of teachers and school leaders in England will today call for the scrapping of Sats tests and school league tables.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Scrap reading tests for pupils aged 6, experts urge ministers - The Independent, Friday October 28, 2011
Leading literacy experts urge the Government to abandon plans for a compulsory national reading test for all six-year-olds next summer. [NATE was among the signatories.]
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Scrap history lessons in primary, says study - The Guardian, Monday December 8, 2008
Traditional lessons in history, geography and science should be removed from the primary curriculum and children taught their essential content through cross-curricular themed classes, the biggest inquiry into primary schooling in a generation will report today. Proposals include a focus on teaching pupils to speak properly because of growing incidences of "word poverty". Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Scrap GCSEs, says former head of exam watchdog - Daily Telegraph, Saturday December 26, 2009
Revealing his views on the examination system for the first time since his resignation from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, Mr Boston said a return to the school certificate, which was scrapped in the 1950s, was the only way to stop the "rot" in academic study in secondary schools.
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Scrap GCSEs at 16, says Baroness Morris - Daily Telegraph, Monday March 8, 2010
GCSEs for 16-year-olds should be abolished, according to a former Labour education secretary.
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