English in the News
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- Pupils 'not reading with teacher' - BBC, Thursday September 3, 2009
A quarter of primary school children read just one book a year with their teacher, research suggests.
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - The grim reader - The Guardian, Tuesday September 1, 2009
Should classroom books reflect the tough realities of life, or is there still a place for escapism?Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Onward march of the boys will continue apace - The Independent, Thursday August 27, 2009
A 0.2 percentage point drop in the percentage of pupils getting A* to C grades in English this year is not necessarily a catastrophe. Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Quarter of boys miss writing target at 7 - The Guardian, Wednesday August 26, 2009
A quarter of seven-year-old boys in England have failed to master basic writing skills, while just over a fifth cannot read simple words, government figures reveal today.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Are teachers choosing 'easy' exam boards? - The Guardian, Tuesday August 25, 2009
Will this week's GCSE results reflect students' hard work – or, as critics claim, efforts by teachers to find the 'easiest' exam boards? Warwick Mansell investigates - with a little help from NATE's Ian McNeilly.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - The World's Wife - Fest, Tuesday August 18, 2009
Thanks to the GCSE English syllabus, I bear a grudge against Carol Ann Duffy. My enjoyment of poetry was set back a good few years by the experience of being a bored pupil in a bored class where a bored teacher gave a boring exegesis of the "key themes" in her work. As a result, I've never really given our new Poet Laureate much of a chance. Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - New diplomas struggle with three Rs, inquiry finds - The Guardian, Monday August 17, 2009
Efforts to improve the country's mastery of maths and English are stalling because schools have struggled with the "functional skills" course of the government's new diploma.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Tens of thousands of 11-year-olds leave primary school practically illiterate - Daily Telegraph, Tuesday August 4, 2009
About 35,000 11-year-olds left primary school this year unable to read and write properly, test results are expected to show today.
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HALF-a-million kids have left primary school unable to read or write since Labour won power, new figures will reveal today.
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - English Sats results have fallen - BBC, Tuesday August 4, 2009
There has been a slight fall in the proportion of 11-year-olds in England reaching the standard expected of them in English national curriculum tests.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Sats results: a quarter unable to read properly or do sums - The Guardian, Tuesday August 4, 2009
English results drop for first time in history of the tests, while teachers raise concerns over quality of markingLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Labour's 500,000 primary school 'illiterates' - Yorkshire Post, Monday August 3, 2009
More than half a million children will have left primary school unable to read or write since Labour came to power, it was claimed yesterday as the latest primary school test scores are published.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Interference from Ed Balls contributed to Sats fiasco, MPs report finds - The Guardian, Thursday July 23, 2009
Exam body thwarted over reforms, committee says; Ministers knew of test problems at earlier stageLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Primary teachers should have A-level maths and English, say thinktank - The Guardian, Wednesday July 22, 2009
Right-of-centre study argues teachers among worst qualified in EuropeLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Ministers 'too involved' in Sats - BBC, Wednesday July 22, 2009
Government interference was partly to blame for delays in issuing school Sats results in England last year, MPs say.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Amazon Kindle users surprised by 'Big Brother' move - The Guardian, Friday July 17, 2009
Owners of Amazon's Kindle electronic book reader have received a nasty surprise, after discovering that copies of books by George Orwell had been deleted from their gadgets without their knowledge.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Pupils marked down in Sats for not dotting their 'i's - The Guardian, Thursday July 16, 2009
Eleven-year-olds lost marks for not dotting their 'i's in school tests taken across England this summer, headteachers said today.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Heads raise Sats 'inaccuracies' - BBC, Thursday July 16, 2009
A head teachers' union says it has received roughly 100 complaints from members about Sats "inaccuracies".Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - School safety 'insult' to Pullman - BBC, Thursday July 16, 2009
Several high-profile authors are to stop visiting schools in protest at new laws requiring them to be vetted to work with youngsters.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Writers should comply with schools vetting, says children's laureate - The Guardian, Thursday July 16, 2009
Anthony Browne takes conciliatory line following calls to boycott school visits over police checksLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here