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- Martin Amis: Only brain injury could make me write for children - The Guardian, Friday February 11, 2011
Children's authors have expressed anger over 'insult' to their work on BBC programmeLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Reading test for six-year-olds to include non-words - BBC, Saturday February 19, 2011
A number of made-up words such as "koob" or "zort" are to be included in the government's planned new reading test for six-year-olds in EnglandLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - World Book Night to open with huge public reading in London - The Guardian, Wednesday February 23, 2011
Unprecedented Trafalgar Square event will feature star authors including Margaret Atwood and be hosted by Graham NortonLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Warning over reading standards as children shun tough books - Daily Telegraph, Thursday March 3, 2011
Reading standards among children are in sharp decline as pupils increasingly opt for easy books in school and the home, according to a report published today.
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Teenagers who fail GCSEs to be forced to retake maths and English - Daily Telegraph, Thursday March 3, 2011
Teenagers failing to gain decent GCSEs in English and maths will be forced to resit the subjects at college under sweeping Coalition plans to boost standards of basic skill.
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Country music star Dolly Parton in Scots book giveaway - BBC, Sunday March 6, 2011
Country music star Dolly Parton has launched a project to give free books to children in Scotland. Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Cheesy poems get a new audience - The Guardian, Monday March 7, 2011
McGonagall and McIntyre, two of Scotland's 'persistent bad poets', are remembered with new public recitalsLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Alfred Lord Tennyson poem to inspire athletes at London 2012 Olympics - The Guardian, Monday March 7, 2011
Line from Tennyson's Ulysses to be visible at Olympic villageLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Parents of special educational needs children could get care budgets - The Guardian, Tuesday March 8, 2011
Green paper proposes giving families of special needs children more power to direct health and care plansLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Special needs support promises more parent power - BBC, Wednesday March 9, 2011
Support for young people in England with special educational needs faces a major overhaul.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Cuts threaten plans for special needs children - The Guardian, Wednesday March 9, 2011
The green paper on special needs has many good ideas - but how will they be implemented when services for vulnerable children are being cut, asks Ellen PowerLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - English as she is spoke? Voice map finds American stresses not so loud - The Guardian, Thursday March 10, 2011
British Library's Map Your Voice scheme records 10,000 English speakers and finds 'Americanisation' of speech may be a mythLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Chalk Talk: A completely different way to help struggling readers - The Independent, Thursday March 10, 2011
Trouble on the Heath, Terry Jones's latest book, is in the Quick Reads series – part of World Book Day, which is designed to provide books in a handy format for those struggling to read.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Labour to 'guarantee' C in English and maths - Times Educational Supplement, Friday March 11, 2011
GCSE pledge part of ‘major rethink’ on educationLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Parents who shun fairytales 'miss chance to teach children morality' - Daily Telegraph, Monday March 14, 2011
Politically correct parents who shun traditional fairy tales are missing the chance to teach their children right from wrong, an education expert claims.
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - 'Oliver Twist' workhouse saved from demolition - The Guardian, Monday March 14, 2011
The derelict building that may have served as Charles Dickens's workhouse in his famous novel has been given listed statuLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - 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 - 5 Ways Twitter Has Changed Education - MindShift, Monday March 21, 2011
The microblogging platform Twitter turns 5 todayLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Children 'should read 50 books a year', says Gove - Daily Telegraph, Tuesday March 22, 2011
Children as young as 11 should be expected to read 50 books a year as part of a national drive to improve literacy standards, according to Michael Gove.
Link 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