English in the News
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- Sats marking disaster inquiry 'like an episode of The Thick of It' - The Guardian, Wednesday May 20, 2009
Head of report into Sats fiasco says it was 'inappropriate' for education ministers to second someone from their office to help with inquiryLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Third of young dyslexia sufferers 'have treatable eye problems' - Daily Telegraph, Thursday May 21, 2009
Up to a third of children diagnosed with dyslexia could be suffering from a treatable eye condition, according to research.
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Oxford professor of poetry Ruth Padel resigns after smear allegations - The Guardian, Monday May 25, 2009
First woman elected Oxford's professor of poetry resigns amid claims she tipped off journalists about allegations that her rival for the post, Derek Walcott, had sexually harassed studentsLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Alice Munro wins Man Booker International prize - The Guardian, Wednesday May 27, 2009
Judges acclaim 'practically perfect' work of acclaimed Canadian short story writerLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Teacher sacked over 'racy' novel - BBC, Thursday May 28, 2009
An English teacher at a West Yorkshire school has been dismissed for writing a book involving underage drinking, hints of drug use and "pupil fantasies".
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Roger McGough takes a lead from Carol Ann Duffy - The Guardian, Thursday May 28, 2009
Hay festival: Poet welcomes appointment of new laureate, and follows her look at the wives of famous men with sequence on famous women's husbandsLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Teachers report Sats marking delay - The Guardian, Thursday May 28, 2009
One year on from exams fiasco, markers report last-minute recruitment drives and unsatisfactory checking systemsLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Love poetry is hardest to write, says new poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy - The Guardian, Thursday May 28, 2009
Speaking at the Guardian Hay festival, Carol Ann Duffy explained why, when it comes to poetry, love is both the 'most exciting' and 'most challenging' subjectLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Hundreds of Sats examiners wrongly disqualified - The Guardian, Thursday June 4, 2009
Exams chaos for second year running as inaccurate dummy paper is used to grade markersLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - New marking hitch for Sats tests - BBC, Friday June 5, 2009
There has been a problem with the marking of this year's Sats tests in England, with "good markers" being stopped from checking papers.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Bronte, Blake, Wilde – read their hand-written manuscripts online - The Guardian, Friday June 5, 2009
This week the extraordinary British Literary Manuscripts Online (BLMO) launches, featuring more than 400,000 pages of poems, plays, novels, private correspondence, diaries, drawings and handwritten notes by Britain's literary giants.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Browne is new Children's Laureate - BBC, Tuesday June 9, 2009
Author and illustrator Anthony Browne is the new Children's Laureate, it has been announced. Browne, whose books include Gorilla, Zoo and the Willy series of adventures, takes over from poet Michael Rosen.
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - The ups and downs of a story - The Guardian, Tuesday June 9, 2009
As he bows out as children's laureate today, Michael Rosen looks back on the warmth and enthusiasm of his young audiences ... and the blank looks of politiciansLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Children 'no longer reading for pleasure' - Daily Telegraph, Tuesday June 9, 2009
Children's love of books is being ruined by the demands of school tests, according to an award-winning author Frank Cottrell Boyce.
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Millionth English word 'looming' - BBC Radio, Wednesday June 10, 2009
A US company which monitors internet traffic predicts that the millionth new English word will be coined imminently.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Paperless classroom becoming a reality - The Guardian, Wednesday June 10, 2009
Information available to pupils digitally on the up; one million children still have no computer at homeLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - English lessons 'could improve' - BBC, Thursday June 18, 2009
Standards in English are not rising fast enough in primary or secondary schools, England's chief inspector of schools has said.
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Must do better: Ofsted order to schools as third of English lessons judged not good enough - The Guardian, Friday June 19, 2009
Schools have been ordered to overhaul their English teaching after a three-year study by Ofsted, published today, found 30% of lessons are not good enough and little attempt is made to encourage teenagers to read for pleasure.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Ofsted: English standards 'not good enough' - Daily Telegraph, Friday June 19, 2009
Standards of English in state schools have stalled, despite a multi-billion pound drive to improve literacy, according to Ofsted.
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More teachers will be trained to identify and support children in England with dyslexia, as a report says greater expertise is needed in schools.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here