English in the News
Below is a selection of articles which are archived online and may be of interest to NATE members. If you know of others please let us know. Keep up to date with our Twitter feed, too.
Showing 121-140 of 1389Sort by: Date Title Publication
- Anthony Horowitz fans gather to break a world reading relay record - The Guardian, Friday October 7, 2011
Antony Horowitz's new short story,The Double Eagle Has Landed is at the heart of a record-breaking reading attempt. [You can read the story yourself on the Guardian site]
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - It's not so easy to establish the study of film in our schools - The Guardian, Thursday October 6, 2011
Most teachers either don't feel they have permission to teach the subject, or don't know howLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - England's school curriculum review sparks debate - The Guardian, Monday October 3, 2011
New National Curriculum: draft programme of study for English delayed. Speaking and listening looked like it would have a traditionalist flavour, emphasising "standard English"Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Ofsted tightens rules for rating schools as outstanding - The Guardian, Friday September 30, 2011
Inspectors have been told to pay more attention to pupils' behaviour, the quality of teaching, and children's ability to readLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Thousands of schoolchildren 'failing in the three-Rs' - Daily Telegraph, Thursday September 29, 2011
More than 80,000 seven-year-olds are struggling to read after three years of primary school, official figures show.
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - The children who cannot create a long sentence - BBC, Wednesday September 28, 2011
In socially deprived areas more than 50% of children begin school without the ability to speak in long sentences, which experts say can lead to problems in later life. Schools across England are taking part in a day without pens to tackle this speech deficit.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Bodleian Library shows off treasures, from Magna Carta to Shakespeare - The Guardian, Sunday September 25, 2011
Oxford library to ask exhibition visitors which items deserve permanent display - including a First Folio it once threw awayLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - We're all film-makers now – and the Smith review must recognise that - The Guardian, Sunday September 25, 2011
Studying film is still often seen as lightweight. But in 2011 it's arguably as important as literature and scienceLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - English Literature A-levels criticised by watchdog Ofqual - BBC, Friday September 23, 2011
A-level exams in English literature have been criticised in a report by England's exam watchdog Ofqual.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - A-level English literature 'getting easier' - Daily Telegraph, Friday September 23, 2011
A-level exams in English literature have dumbed down because serious novels have been switched for more childish ones, a report concluded.
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Word-rich rule the world - Times Educational Supplement, Friday September 16, 2011
Talking matters more than we realise - so let’s get it rightLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Carol Ann Duffy: 'Poems are a form of texting' - The Guardian, Monday September 5, 2011
The poet laureate believes the fun and creativity of mobile texting will turn today's children into exciting poets of tomorrowLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - GCSEs: sloppy grammar will cost pupils one in 10 marks - Daily Telegraph, Wednesday August 24, 2011
Pupils face losing more than one in 10 marks in their GCSEs for poor spelling and grammar amid fears that too many teenagers start work with poor literacy skills.
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - More children read websites than comics, survey finds - The Guardian, Tuesday August 23, 2011
Literacy Trust poll of children's reading habits shows websites and emails displacing books and comicsLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Warning as children shun books in favour of Facebook - Daily Telegraph, Monday August 22, 2011
One in six children is failing to read books as they spend an increasing amount of time text messaging friends, sending emails and browsing social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, a study has found.
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Are books dead, and can authors survive? - The Guardian, Monday August 22, 2011
At the Edinburgh international book festival this weekend, Ewan Morrison set out his bleak vision of a publishing industry in terminal decline. Here's a shortened version of his argumentLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Fall in level 5 reading mars new Sats high - Times Educational Supplement, Friday August 5, 2011
Primary schools reached their highest ever Sats results this year and were promptly told they must do better.
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Sats results fuel calls for school test reform - Daily Telegraph, Tuesday August 2, 2011
One child in three left primary school this year without having mastered essential skills in reading, writing and mathematics, national test results are expected to disclose today.
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - More leave primary with good 'three Rs' grasp - BBC, Tuesday August 2, 2011
The number of children leaving primary school in England with a good grasp of reading, writing and maths has increased again, government data shows.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Primary school Sats results on the rise - The Guardian, Tuesday August 2, 2011
Marked increase in 3Rs attainment for level 4 pupils but worries persist at level 5, particularly in reading abilityLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here