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- Phonics test: NUT may ballot on boycott - BBC, Sunday April 8, 2012
A teachers' union has voted to ballot for a boycott of a new phonics reading test if its results are used in league tables.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Phonics: chidren [sic] to identify 'non-words' in new reading test - Daily Telegraph, Friday March 25, 2011
All children will be subjected to a reading test at the age of six, it was announced today, despite huge opposition from teachers.
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Phonics: crude reading test 'will distort children's ability' - Daily Telegraph, Friday March 25, 2011
Government plans for a new phonics reading test for all six-year-olds is unnecessary and risks narrowing the curriculum, according to Russell Hobby, leader of the National Association of Head Teachers.
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Phonics: lost in translation - The Guardian, Tuesday January 19, 2010
Synthetic phonics saw spectacular results in Scotland, but questions are now being asked about its use in England: are some children missing out?Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Phonics: Strategy but no consensus - BBC, Friday December 2, 2005
If, as I am about to, you venture into the debate about reading methods, it is wise to don a crash helmet.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Pick-your-own A-level study texts - BBC, Wednesday February 6, 2008
A-level candidates will soon be able to choose some of the books they want to study for their English course.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Pilot progress tests made easier - BBC, Friday February 15, 2008
The government has changed the new pupil progress tests in England, making them easier for children to pass.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Pilot scheme questions future of Sats - The Guardian, Monday December 3, 2007
A new assessment system that could replace national curriculum tests at ages 11 and 14 is being piloted in 484 primary and secondary schools from today.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Pilot test rogue results revealed - BBC, Monday February 18, 2008
The government has explained some of the "unusual" results from the first pilot of new tests that might replace the Sats in England's schools. Schools Minister Jim Knight told MPs that in a reading test, younger children did better than older ones. Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Pity Lost souls who sneer at Hardy - Times Educational Supplement, Thursday June 14, 2007
Why is knowledge of the novels of Thomas Hardy any better than a knowledge of Lost?"Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Planned copyright changes could stop authors writing for schools - The Guardian, Wednesday January 25, 2012
Hundreds of authors including Philip Pullman and Anne Fine say government plans would drastically reduce writers' incomesLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Plea for primary schools to improve pupils' handwriting - The Guardian, Friday June 9, 2006
Children who are not taught to write properly at primary level will struggle at secondary school and university and are also likely to find their poor handwriting as much a handicap in the jobs market as poor reading and numeracy, according to a report out today.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Pledge to do more for dyslexics - BBC, Wednesday December 5, 2007
Children with dyslexia are to receive extra help in some schools in England under a £3m pilot scheme.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Podcasts replace essays in revamped A-level media studies - The Guardian, Friday January 4, 2008
Pupils beginning media studies A-level courses in September could earn some of their marks by creating websites, podcasts or blogs, it has emerged.Link 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 - Poet Adrian Mitchell dies, aged 76 - The Guardian, Monday December 22, 2008
Inspirational poet, playwright and performer who was a natural pacifist
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Poet Christopher Reid talks about winning the Costa book of the year - The Guardian, Friday January 29, 2010
Christopher Reid on how he turned the death of his wife into a prize-winning poetry collectionLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Poet Laureate attacks curriculum - BBC, Monday June 27, 2005
The Poet Laureate has accused the government of missing a "golden opportunity" to set aside more school time for creative writing.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Poet laureate castigates English - Times Educational Supplement, Friday March 17, 2006
Andrew Motion, the poet laureate, will today call for more frequent changes to the writers and books on the curriculum to make English lessons less boring.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Poet Peter Porter dies - The Guardian, Friday April 23, 2010
Peter Porter, winner of the Forward prize, the Whitbread poetry award and the Queen's Gold Medal for poetry, has died at the age of 81Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here