Future of school libraries in doubt
Daily Telegraph, Friday September 3, 2010The future of school libraries is under threat after the country’s largest local authority cancelled the service for tens of thousands of pupils.
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Reading Agency defends libraries' impact on literacy
The Guardian, Tuesday August 31, 2010As government cuts threaten libraries, the Reading Agency comes to their defence with a success story – the Summer Reading Challenge
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Third edition of OED unlikely to appear in print format
The Guardian, Monday August 30, 2010Publishers confirm that print dictionary market is disappearing so third edition is unlikely
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Fifth of seven year olds struggle with writing
Daily Telegraph, Thursday August 26, 2010More than a hundred thousand seven-year-olds are falling below the expected standards in their writing, according to official figures.
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Climate change and the vuvuzela leave mark on Oxford Dictionary of English
The Guardian, Thursday August 19, 2010Other words and phrases introduced for the latest edition include 'toxic debt', 'staycation', 'cheeseball' and 'national treasure'
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Edwin Morgan, Scotland's national poet, dies aged 90
The Guardian, Thursday August 19, 2010Carol Ann Duffy and others pay tribute to a 'generous, gentle genius' known for the variety and inventiveness of his work
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Our ever-changing English
The Guardian, Thursday August 19, 2010I get grumpy about crimes against language. But we Brits have been lamenting declining standards of English for centuries
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Celebrated critic Frank Kermode dies aged 90
The Guardian, Wednesday August 18, 2010Prominent for more than half-a-century, he combined an eminent scholarly career with popular success
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Durham University students offered Harry Potter course
BBC, Wednesday August 18, 2010Education students are being given the chance to sign up to what is thought to be the UK's first course focusing on the world of Harry Potter.
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'I wrote 2U B4'! British Library shows up textspeak as soooo 19th century
The Guardian, Wednesday August 18, 2010New exhibition features Victorian poems written like text messages, the rise of RP, and battles over the letter H
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Comic books 'help boys to read'
Daily Telegraph, Friday August 13, 2010Young boys should be issued with comics at school to improve their reading skills, according to research.
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'Separate' is most commonly misspelt word
Daily Telegraph, Friday August 6, 2010The eight-letter word came top due to the regular placing of an 'E' where the first 'A' sits.
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Secret vault of words rejected by the Oxford English Dictionary uncovered
Daily Telegraph, Wednesday August 4, 2010Wurfing, polkadodge and nonversation are among the words stored in secret files after being rejected for inclusion by the Oxford English Dictionary, it has been disclosed.
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Sats figures show reading standards drop for 11-year-olds
The Guardian, Tuesday August 3, 2010English and Maths standards rise, despite 16% of primary school leavers failing to reach expected reading level
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Concern over new teachers' literacy
BBC, Tuesday August 3, 2010Many new teachers in Scotland feel ill-prepared to teach basic literacy and numeracy, according to a report by the HM Inspectorate of Education (HMIe).
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Sats results: primary school pupils improve in English and maths
Daily Telegraph, Tuesday August 3, 2010Primary school pupils are getting better at English and maths, National sats results showed today.
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Sats results: Coalition pledge on three-Rs as third of pupils fail
Daily Telegraph, Tuesday August 3, 2010More than a third of pupils left primary school after 13 years of Labour without a proper grasp of the basics, it has emerged.
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Sats results: primary school reading levels fall for second year running
The Guardian, Tuesday August 3, 2010Reading levels among primary school pupils have fallen for the second year running, national Sats results have shown.
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Sats results: girls outperforming boys at 11
Daily Telegraph, Tuesday August 3, 2010One in 10 boys finished primary school this summer with the reading age of a seven-year-old, it emerged today.
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Sats results mired in confusion
Daily Telegraph, Monday August 2, 2010Children and parents will be left in confusion as national Sats results and teacher assessments for around 600,000 pupils are published together on Tuesday for the first time, education experts have warned.
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