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- Teachers vote on Sats boycott - The Guardian, Monday November 2, 2009
Teaching unions ballot members to gauge level of support for a boycott aimed at forcing government to drop the tests for 11-year-oldsLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Boycott of school tests moves closer with union ballot - Daily Telegraph, Saturday October 31, 2009
A boycott of SATs tests will move a step closer on Monday as the biggest teacher union in the country launches a ballot of members. Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Children's books 'ousted by DVDs' - BBC, Monday October 19, 2009
Half of children spend more time in front of a TV or computer screen than they do reading, a survey suggests.
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Of primary importants - The Guardian, Saturday October 17, 2009
Encounters with writing by student critics leaves me thinking school ought to start earlier, not laterLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Start school at six, key schools report recommends - The Guardian, Friday October 16, 2009
Schoolchildren should not start formal lessons until they turn six, and Sats should be scrapped to relieve the damaging pressure England's young pupils face, the biggest inquiry into primary education for 40 years concludes today.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Primary review commentary: tough on standards, tough on tests - Daily Telegraph, Friday October 16, 2009
Children should be assessed and schools should be accountable. Of that there can be not a shred of doubt.
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Primary review: scrap Sats tests, experts say - Daily Telegraph, Friday October 16, 2009
Sats tests for 11-year-olds should be scrapped, according to the Cambridge Primary Review.
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Primary review: scrap Sats tests, experts say - Daily Telegraph, Friday October 16, 2009
Sats tests for 11-year-olds should be scrapped, according to the Cambridge Primary Review.
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - A better way to educate primary school children - The Independent, Friday October 16, 2009
This seminal report makes the case against government interferenceLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Teaching school texts by txt - The Guardian, Tuesday October 13, 2009
Teachers should relax about pupils' mobile phones – they can boost standards and liven up the lesson if used imaginativelyLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Sats tests 'should be axed' in school shake-up - Daily Telegraph, Saturday October 10, 2009
Sats tests should be scrapped in their current form as part of a major overhaul of English primary schools, a landmark report will conclude.
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 - Poems you learned at school - The Guardian, Thursday October 8, 2009
Can you still put a poet to a famous couplet, or have you become perplexed by poesy? Take our quiz and find out ...Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Top ten nursery rhymes - The Guardian, Thursday October 8, 2009
Booktrust asked 2,500 poeple [sic] to name their favourite nursery rhyme. All together now ... here are the top 10 -(illustrated)
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Traditional nursery rhymes could be heading for extinction - Daily Telegraph, Wednesday October 7, 2009
Rhymes which have been passed down from parent to child for generations are being shunned for more fashionable modern alternatives, they said. Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - British undergraduates 'worse at English than foreign students' - Daily Telegraph, Sunday October 4, 2009
British undergraduates are almost three times more likely to make errors in their English than those from overseas, new research suggests.
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - 'Robot' computer to mark English essays - The Guardian, Friday September 25, 2009
• Exam board denies system will be extended to GCSEs
• Union fears 'a disaster waiting to happen'Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Text message speak 'not harmful to children's spelling', says research - Daily Telegraph, Wednesday September 23, 2009
Using text message language – the OMGs, m8s and 2mros – does not harm children’s spelling abilities, new research suggests, and may even be a good sign.
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Excelling in English and literacy is now acceptable for boys - Times Educational Supplement, Friday September 18, 2009
New-found achievement in literacy reveals classroom prowess and confidence in their masculinity, researchers findLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Teachers have to be told what a full stop is for - Daily Telegraph, Saturday September 5, 2009
A training manual produced as part of the Government's National Literacy Strategy, aimed at boosting teachers' grammatical knowledge, describes what full stops, question marks and commas are for. Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here