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- Report condemns 14-19 education policy - The Guardian, Wednesday November 2, 2005
The government's "piecemeal" and "short-term" education policies risk reinforcing social divisions across the country, according to a report published today.... "The system as a whole continues to be subject to a plethora of piecemeal policy initiatives that are not fully evaluated before they are superseded," it stated.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Record numbers of top GCSE passes - The Guardian, Thursday August 23, 2007
A record number of pupils received top grades in their GCSEs today, but their improved achievement comes amid fears that many school leavers lack the skills to survive in the workplace. [...] But employers and unions are calling for urgent curriculum changes to prevent 16-year-olds leaving school without basic numeracy, literacy and communication skills.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Rebellion over Shakespeare - Times Educational Supplement, Friday December 1, 2006
Plans to consult English teachers over the format of Shakespeare tests for 14-year-olds backfired when their representatives said they would campaign for the tests' abolition.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Reading: Competition to encourage love of books - BBC, Tuesday February 7, 2012
The government wants to launch a national reading competition in England to encourage a love of books and boost children's literacy. The contest, for seven- to 12-year-olds, is likely to focus on who can read the most books.
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Reading with child 'highlight of the day for parents' - BBC, Wednesday November 9, 2011
Parents in England and Northern Ireland are spending more time reading to their children for pleasure, a survey for the reading scheme Booktime suggests.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Reading to children has long impact, says OECD study - BBC, Tuesday November 8, 2011
Children whose parents frequently read with them in their first year of school are still showing the benefit when they are 15, says an international study.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Reading the riot act - The Guardian, Monday December 5, 2011
The former children's laureate, Michael Rosen, is not happy with the way reading is being taught in schools. Rosen says he recently received a letter from a teacher who claimed to have been "harassed" by an Ofsted inspector for running a "reading-for-pleasure" session during school time. Ofsted inspection guidance contains no mention of "books, provision of books, reading for pleasure or anything related," he says.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Reading tests for pupils part of Welsh school shake-up - BBC, Thursday February 3, 2011
National reading tests are to be introduced as part of a shake-up to Wales' schools system announced by the education minister.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Reading test for six-year-olds to include non-words - BBC, Saturday February 19, 2011
A number of made-up words such as "koob" or "zort" are to be included in the government's planned new reading test for six-year-olds in EnglandLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Reading system goes into schools - BBC, Tuesday June 19, 2007
Primary schools in England are being sent DVDs and booklets on how best to teach children to read.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Reading skills' 'virtuous circle' - BBC, Friday May 9, 2008
Schools are responding positively to the recommended phonics method of teaching reading, suggests a snapshot survey by inspectors.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Reading skills for English pupils among highest in world - The Guardian, Friday November 2, 2007
English primary children compare well in reading and science with other countries, but "middling" in maths, today's primary review of international standards shows. But the long tail of underachievement is a concern.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Reading scheme will save taxpayer money, study finds - The Guardian, Monday December 11, 2006
The "reading recovery" scheme backed by the chancellor, Gordon Brown, could save the government up to ?1.6bn a year dealing with consequences of illiteracy in secondary school and early adult life, a study claims today.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Reading scheme will not be rolled out in Scotland - The Guardian, Friday June 3, 2005
Scotland has no plans to roll out the successful reading scheme tested on Scottish primary school pupils, which boosted their literacy skills up to three years ahead of their peer group.... "Synthetic phonics is used quite widely across Scottish schools as it is clearly very successful, but whether it is adopted is at the discretion of teachers and local authorities."Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Reading scheme 'saves taxpayer' - BBC, Monday December 11, 2006
A scheme to help pupils who struggle with reading could save the taxpayer millions of pounds, a report says.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Reading ruined by classroom dissection - Times Educational Supplement, Friday December 16, 2005
Michael Rosen, Bernard Ashley, Quentin Blake and Jamila Gavin were among my daughter's greatest heroes when she was a child. With the recent publication of their views on the National Literacy Strategy, their status in her eyes has once again been confirmed.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Reading loses magic for young despite Potter
- The Independent, Wednesday December 3, 2003
The number of children who enjoy reading has dropped in the past five years, despite the huge popularity of the Harry Potter books.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Reading for purpose and pleasure - The Guardian, Tuesday April 5, 2005
Literacy is not just about recognising words - children will only read for pleasure when they respond to them, says Ruth Kelly....To make the most of education and fulfil their potential, the next generation will need secure phonics skills. But they also deserve to enjoy a wide range of literature and poetry, fiction and non-fiction writing; to develop a rich vocabulary; and to acquire the skills that enable them to make sense of, and respond to, what they read. This is what educating a child to be literate means.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here
- Reading drive probed - Times Educational Supplement, Friday December 18, 2009
A multi-million-pound programme to improve children's reading should not have been rolled out nationally without a rigorous trial, a Commons committee report has found.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Reading between the letters - The Guardian, Tuesday October 21, 2003
It's a gfit to any hcak. Who culod psas up the chnace to wrtie copmelte rubisbh in the itnretses of adacimec rseeacrh? Except it's not complete rubbish, because you had very little - if any - trouble reading these first two sentences.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here