English in the News
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- Children still delight in playground games - The Guardian, Tuesday March 15, 2011
Two-year research project shows youngsters incorporate computer games and TV shows into breaktime activitiesLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Authors raise doubts over Gove's 50-book challenge - The Guardian, Tuesday March 22, 2011
Michael Gove's remark that children should be reading 50 books a year is called into question by authors from Philip Pullman to children's laureate Anthony BrowneLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Short-sighted and dangerous cuts to the arts - The Guardian, Saturday April 2, 2011
Director of National Association of Writers in Education protests at cut: Guardian Letters
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Theatre in education needs to get back to basics - The Guardian, Wednesday April 13, 2011
Getting young people involved in cutting-edge theatre is great, but we shouldn't forget drama is also a tool for social changLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - The Poetry Society: are things going from bad to verse? - The Guardian, Monday June 27, 2011
There's precious little lyricism in the spat that seems to be going on at the Poetry SocietyLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Teachers TV relaunches as SchoolsWorld - The Guardian, Wednesday May 4, 2011
Education channel reaches deal with government to continue as free online service despite loss of public fundingLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Like a rolling ode: academic conference weighs up Bob Dylan's poetic licence - The Guardian, Tuesday May 24, 2011
Seven Ages of Dylan event at Bristol University sees professors discuss whether musician should be considered a poetLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - The real Ophelia? 1569 coroner's report suggests Shakespeare link - The Guardian, Wednesday June 8, 2011
Death of Jane Shaxspere bore hallmarks of character and girl may even have been relative of playwrightLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Gruffalo creator Julia Donaldson is new children's laureate - The Guardian, Wednesday June 8, 2011
Donaldson plans to promote music and drama and champion libraries during her tenureLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Mad professor goes global - and reflects on Literacy Strategy - The Guardian, Tuesday June 14, 2011
Michael Barber had lots of influence but very little publicity... Reflecting on the literacy and numeracy strategies, he says it was a mistake to underestimate their negative effect on teachers. Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Sats tests must improve, says review - The Guardian, Thursday June 23, 2011
Exams for 11-year-olds in England will be changed to prevent teachers drilling pupils to pass and to create greater fairnessLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Creative writing tests limit creativity, Sats review finds - The Guardian, Thursday June 23, 2011
Team of headteachers led by peer recommends teachers assess writing throughout year, instead of in single testLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - What's the plan for Sats? - The Guardian, Thursday June 23, 2011
NASUWT General secretary Chris Keates is scathing about Bew report
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Final year exams will replace modules for GCSE students - The Guardian, Sunday June 26, 2011
Modular exams, to be phased out next year, mean GCSEs are being chopped into 'bitesize chunks', claims Michael GoveLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - School poetry slam: rhyme with a reason - The Guardian, Tuesday June 28, 2011
Video: teachers at Kingsbury high, in north London, take to the stage to rap the year 9 poetry syllabusLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Could we replace libraries with book swapping clubs? - The Guardian, Thursday June 30, 2011
Speaking at the LGA conference this week, NESTA's Philip Colligan argues in favour of pooling or swapping resources to augment core council servicesLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Worn-out words - The Guardian, Thursday June 30, 2011
Last year Ledbury poetry festival asked poets to name their most hated words. For this year's festival they've asked for the expressions that have become such cliches that they have lost all meaning.
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Oxford commas? Let common sense prevail - The Guardian, Monday July 4, 2011
So, American fears about the end of civilisation were unfounded. But there's no need to be dogmatic about the Oxford commaLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - 'It's an abomination' - The Guardian, Tuesday July 5, 2011
Now they want all primary pupils to take a phonics test: Literacy experts have written to the education secretary, pleading with him to do a U-turn on his plan for phonics testing for six-year-olds, Warwick Mansell reports.
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - MPs say phonics will put children off reading for pleasure - The Guardian, Thursday July 7, 2011
Report criticises government's plans to test pupils on their reading ability at the age of sixLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here