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- Bible tales are retold for the secular age - The Observer, Sunday December 13, 2009
Authors reimagine the nativity story for children to read and enjoyhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/dec/13/nativity-bible-christmas-jeanette-wintersonLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - BFI archives to be free to public - BBC, Thursday February 22, 2007
Britain's national film and television archive is to be opened up in order for it to be accessed by the public.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Benefits of bedtime reading - The Guardian, Tuesday May 13, 2008
Reading to young children stimulates their development and gives them a head start when they reach school, according to researchers who have reviewed studies on the effects of reading. Apart from helping their reading, sharing a bedtime story with a child promotes their motor skills, through learning to turn the pages, and their memory. It also improves their emotional and social development.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Belongings of Siegfried Sassoon to be preserved at Cambridge University - Daily Telegraph, Wednesday November 4, 2009
A £550,000 grant has been awarded to help preserve the personal belongings of First World War soldier, poet and author Siegfried Sassoon for the nation.
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Bedtime stories a problem for many parents - The Guardian, Tuesday July 24, 2007
One in 10 parents struggle to understand the bedtime stories they read to their children, a survey by adult learning organisation Learndirect has found. Almost a quarter (23%) skip passages they cannot read or invent words to get to the end of a sentence, the poll found.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Beatles beat the Bard as cultural reference point - The Guardian, Wednesday June 20, 2007
William Shakespeare's 400-year reign as the world's primary transmitter of the English language has finally been ended - by John, Paul, George and Ringo and their album Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - BBC suspends net learning project - BBC, Wednesday March 14, 2007
The BBC Trust has announced it is suspending its online education service, BBC Jam, pending a review.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Battle over library closures intensifies - Daily Telegraph, Tuesday March 13, 2012
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey says there will be a report into library service as government is handed petition and he is branded 'Dr Beeching of libraries'. Philip Ardagh, the award-winning author of the Eddie Dickens adventures... told The Telegraph that was speaking in support of libraries because: "I want children from homes where there are few if any books to have the chance to discover the world of reading"
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Ban on Valentine's Day cards at school - BBC, Thursday February 11, 2010
A primary school in Weston-super-Mare has been criticised for banning Valentine cards to save pupils the "emotional trauma" of being rejected.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Balls: 'Exam delays unacceptable' - BBC, Wednesday July 16, 2008
Schools Secretary Ed Balls has told MPs delays to the marking of this year's national tests are "unacceptable" and "lessons must be learned".Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Balls' test answer? More of the futile, top-down plans that Labour loves - The Guardian, Monday July 28, 2008
The minister's brazen denial of evidence that his school tests damage children is typical of this government's cultureLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Balls seeks reading 'revolution' - BBC, Wednesday October 24, 2007
There needs to be "a national revolution" in children's reading at school and at home, says England's Schools Secretary, Ed Balls.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Balls hints at end to Sats tests - BBC, Monday September 8, 2008
The Sats tests could end next year, Schools Secretary Ed Balls has hinted.
Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Balls accuses schools of causing Sats stress - The Guardian, Thursday July 3, 2008
The schools secretary, Ed Balls, has drawn fire for accusing primary schools of "stressing" children over Sats tests. In an interview with the New Statesman magazine published today, Balls said some teachers traumatise seven-year-olds by giving them advance warning of exams.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Bad spelling 'puts off employers' - BBC, Thursday August 3, 2006
Three-quarters of employers would be put off a job candidate by poor spelling or grammar, a survey suggests.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Bad language - The Guardian, Saturday March 25, 2006
Since 1999 the RLF has sent writers into universities and colleges to help students with their English, the general standard of which, these writers have found, is simply a "shock".Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Axe A-levels or diplomas will be poor relation, ministers told - The Guardian, Sunday November 11, 2007
An Oxford University review is calling for A-levels to be scrapped to avoid the government's new diplomas being seen as their "poor relation".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 - Authors in revolt against plans to vet them for school visits - The Guardian, Friday July 10, 2009
Philip Pullman condemns 'outrageous, demeaning' scheme, and says it will stop him going into schoolsLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here - Authors help tackle 'can read won't read culture' - BBC, Tuesday May 22, 2012
A top children's author is calling for young children in England to be given automatic library membership to tackle the "can read won't read" culture. Michael Rosen also told BBC Radio 4 he blamed an over-emphasis on the teaching of phonics in schools. Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here