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- Don't lose sight of literacy in the return to primary 'topics' - Times Educational Supplement, Friday June 15, 2007
It seems inevitable in things educational that what goes around must at some point come around once more: in this case, the topic. Once very popular among primary schools, in the dim mists of time before the literacy and numeracy hours took hold, topics were the way most children came to terms with the primary curriculum [says Bethan Marshall].Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Don't knock blogging – it's the answer to our literacy problems - The Independent, Thursday December 3, 2009
New research shows that almost 50 per cent of schoolchildren say writing is boring. The solution, discovers Hilary Wilce, is to let them loose with digital technologyLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Don't call it like you see it - Economist, Tuesday November 22, 2011
Languages import foreign words and names all the time, and it’s hit or miss whether or not they're pronounced the original way. Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Don't buy this phonics snake oil - Times Educational Supplement, Friday March 3, 2006
I endorse Wendy Scott's concern about the early introduction of phonics to four-year-olds in England (TES, February 17).Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Dolly Parton brings literacy programme to Rotherham - The Guardian, Wednesday December 5, 2007
education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,,2222223,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=8Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Does the current school curriculum positively encourage idea generation and creativity among pupils? - The Independent, Tuesday August 9, 2005
As school pupils learn their GCSE and A-level exam results this month, will they look back on teaching that has made them more creative, open-minded, forward-thinking and innovative or are they just stuffed full of facts? .... In the third of our series on creativity and original thinking, two experts ask if the current school curriculum is delivering the goodsLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Does reading a book make us happier? - BBC, Friday November 19, 2010
Public libraries face an uncertain future but the value of reading is irreplaceable, says Joan Bakewell in her A Point of View column.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Does anyone in the education system actually believe Gove knows anything? - Local Schools Network, Friday July 6, 2012
A defence by Francis Gilbert of 'the exhaustive research that has gone on within NATE concerning the teaching of “grammar”; the serious examination of what we mean by the word, the search for a meaningful ‘meta-language’ to describe the processes that happen within language, the careful consideration of how we might best teach the multiple facets of the subject' Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Ditch poetry for pop videos - Times Educational Supplement, Friday June 17, 2005
Schools are encouraging pupils to switch from GCSE English literature to media studies as they try to boost their exam results. The number of pupils entered for media studies GCSE jumped by a fifth this year. Now the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority wants research into whether secondaries should encourage pupils to drop English literature for the subject, after finding a staggering improvement in exam scores in one school.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Diplomas pose basic skills hurdle - BBC, Monday July 2, 2007
The Diplomas that are central to government plans for 14-19 learning are said to be at risk because teenagers cannot manage the basic skills.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Diplomas 'poor relation' warning - BBC, Monday November 12, 2007
Diplomas, the new secondary-level qualifications being launched by the government, are at risk of becoming the "poor relation", warns a report.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Diplomas 'may go horribly wrong' - BBC, Friday March 9, 2007
The biggest reform of England's exam system for a generation "could go horribly wrong", Education Secretary Alan Johnson has warned.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Digital textbooks open a new chapter - BBC, Wednesday October 19, 2011
South Korea, one of the world's highest-rated education systems, aims to consolidate its position by digitising its entire curriculum.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Dictionary helps student grammar - BBC, Friday August 4, 2006
A dictionary targeted at the student market is offering help with basic grammar and punctuation.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Dick King-Smith obituary - The Guardian, Wednesday January 5, 2011
Prolific children's author, he wrote The Sheep-Pig, the basis of the film BabeLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - DfE report on 'Encouraging reading for pleasure' - Department for Education , Monday June 25, 2012
What the research says on reading for pleasure
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Desmond Morris: TV as good as books for toddlers - The Guardian, Friday October 1, 2010
Anthropologist attacks 'cultural snobbery' in contentious new book on development of preschool childrenLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Derbyshire Book worms turn tales into trophies - Times Educational Supplement, Friday June 4, 2010
Around 1,500 pupils from Derbyshire have been competing on their knowledge of books in a countywide literature contest.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Demise of coursework has killed drafting skills, warns academic - Times Educational Supplement, Friday June 3, 2011
Controlled assessment 'fundamentally changes the way English is taught', she saysLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Delays hit pupils' test results - BBC, Friday July 4, 2008
More than a million school children in England aged 11 and 14 will get their "Sats" results late this year. Delivery of the national curriculum test results to schools, due next week, has been delayed by administrative chaos for at least a week. Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here