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- Whose classroom curriculum is it? - BBC, Saturday February 10, 2007
Who should decide what is taught in schools? Should it be teachers or academics? Or should governments, parents, or even pupils decide? Mike Baker surveys the current discussion.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - No holds Bard in the coursework wrestle - Times Educational Supplement, Friday February 9, 2007
Last summer, I watched The Tempest. Twice. I did so as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company's Complete Works festival and in response to the RSC's recommendation that all the Bard's works should be seen.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Parents urged to talk to children - BBC, Wednesday February 7, 2007
Parents spend so much time at work, watching television or doing household chores that they do not make time to talk to their children, a survey finds.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Much ado about Shakespeare - The Guardian, Tuesday February 6, 2007
Can pupils be persuaded that the Bard isn't too hard? Performances and podcasts could just do the trick Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Meera Syal joins the set text set - BBC, Monday February 5, 2007
Meera Syal, comedian and writer, is joining the ranks of authors recommended for study for young teenagers. But heading for classroom obscurity are such illustrious names as WB Yeats, Anthony Trollope and Lord Byron. Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Nursery pupils taught philosophy - BBC, Monday February 5, 2007
Children as young as four are being taught philosophy in nursery, BBC Scotland has learned. The Clackmannanshire Council initiative is believed to be the first run by a local authority in Britain. Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Shakespeare and algebra are a must for all pupils, schools told - The Guardian, Monday February 5, 2007
Shakespeare, the world wars and algebra are "untouchable" parts of pupils' study, the education secretary will today tell a review of the secondary curriculum.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Teachers split over Shakespeare - BBC, Friday February 2, 2007
Teachers have steered the Shakespeare curriculum for younger pupils in England away from Othello and Henry IV Part I in favour of lighter texts.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Putting out the light: Should Othello be banned from class? - The Guardian, Friday February 2, 2007
Thank goodness the education authorities in England have woken up to the threat posed to our children by Shakespeare. Today's announcement by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) that young teenagers should not study Othello because they are too young to discuss racism comes not a moment too soon. (Writes Donald Macleod)Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Romeo woos today's teenagers - Times Educational Supplement, Friday February 2, 2007
'Romeo and Juliet' has topped a poll of teachers and English advisers as the most popular and engaging Shakespeare play for 11 to 14 year-olds.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - A wider view of high-flyers - Times Educational Supplement, Friday February 2, 2007
Children who are good at computer games, prolific blog writers or perceptive film watchers should be considered as gifted English learners, an influential body has concluded. Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Reading a riot with Dennis the Menace - Times Educational Supplement, Friday February 2, 2007
Dennis the Menace, the Bash Street Kids and magazine problem pages all have a place in the primary curriculum, according to the National Literacy Trust.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Victorian comic's gag book found - BBC, Tuesday January 23, 2007
The discovery of a Victorian comedian's private joke book is providing a rare insight into the gags being told to audiences 150 years ago.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Early warning test for dyslexia - BBC, Monday January 22, 2007
A 10-minute screening test to identify pre-school children who might be dyslexic has been developed by language experts at University College London.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Pupils 'unable to use full stops' - BBC, Monday January 15, 2007
A third of children leave primary school in England unable to use full stops and capital letters properly, examiners have suggested.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - All dried up - The Guardian, Monday January 15, 2007
Literary academics and the institutions they represent are sucking the creativity out of studying English, writes Jonathan Taylor.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Too much technology in the classroom? - BBC, Monday January 15, 2007
There was a time when teachers stood in front of the class, with chalk poised on the blackboard while pupils scribbled away furiously. Now teachers' presentations have to compete with the expectations raised by the technology children have at home - iPods, Playstations and home computers. Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - League tables: only half the story - BBC, Saturday January 13, 2007
School league tables are now as old as the 15-year-old pupils whose GCSE results they report. But is it any clearer yet what they are supposed to achieve? Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - English and maths turn the tables - Times Educational Supplement, Friday January 12, 2007
The new requirement to include two core subjects to calculate their league position has hit some rising secondaries hard More than 100 secondaries slid 1,000 places or more down national GCSE league tables yesterday as new rankings that include performance in English and maths were published.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Pupils get home internet access - BBC, Wednesday January 10, 2007
The government is to set up a taskforce to ensure all children have access to the internet outside of school. The government says more than 800,000 children and young people in England are currently not online at home and wants to close the "digital divide". Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here