National Library Day marks a year of protests against library closures
The Guardian, Friday February 3, 2012Campaigners have saved some libraries from closure, and an inquiry begins next week – but councils are now under greater financial pressure than ever to cut services
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Sounds like this phonics scheme has started badly
Times Educational Supplement, Friday February 3, 2012Minister rebukes schools for low take-up of match-funding offer
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Estyn says reading and writing standards of children in Wales must improve
BBC, Tuesday January 31, 2012Wales' schools inspection service has raised concerns about literacy levels, and says exam results are not improving as quickly as other parts of the UK.
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Carol Ann Duffy and Geoffrey Hill: truly poetic heavyweights
The Guardian, Tuesday January 31, 2012In the latest poetic punch-up, Duffy and Hill show why poets find it hard to be team players, says Lemn Sissay
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Higher English 'will include Scottish writing'
BBC, Wednesday January 25, 2012Answering a question on a Scottish piece of writing is to become compulsory in Higher English under plans from the Scottish government.
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Planned copyright changes could stop authors writing for schools
The Guardian, Wednesday January 25, 2012Hundreds of authors including Philip Pullman and Anne Fine say government plans would drastically reduce writers' incomes
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Exams make our hands sore, say students
The Guardian, Wednesday January 25, 2012A generation that grew up typing and texting is struggling to write essays in exam halls
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Oxford finalists are 'little better than A level students', claim tutors
Daily Telegraph, Sunday January 22, 2012They are supposed to be the brightest in Britain. But some Oxford University students show a “distressing” grasp of their subjects and the answers to their final exams are often little better than A-level standard, according to their tutors.
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The King's Speech sparks resurgence of elocution lessons
Daily Telegraph, Thursday January 19, 2012Traditional elocution lessons are making a comeback as jobseekers attempt to “soften” their regional accents and boost public speaking skills to get ahead in the workplace, according to research.
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You'll miss us if we perish, warn subject associations
Times Educational Supplement, Thursday January 19, 2012Loss of funds and lack of support leave them fighting for survival. They see themselves as the Big Society in action - teachers working together to help each other improve standards. NATE Director Ian McNeilly says: "We were the Big Society before David Cameron was a twinkle in pater's eye."
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Warning as schools 'shun traditional reading methods'
Daily Telegraph, Thursday January 19, 2012Thousands of schools are shunning back-to-basics methods of teaching pupils to read despite continuing concerns over childhood illiteracy, it emerged today.
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However busy you are, read to your children, says PM
London Evening Standard, Wednesday January 18, 2012David Cameron today urged London parents to read to their children every night no matter how busy they are.
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In praise of … apostrophes
The Guardian, Friday January 13, 2012Waterstone's or Waterstones? The bookstore's dropping of its apostrophe shows confusion rules in the book trade
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It's best to check your spelling before making war on failing schools
The Independent, Thursday January 12, 2012A word in your ear, Education Secretary Michael Gove. You might like to get your speech-writer to check whether his or her spellchecker is functioning properly.
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Waterstones drops its apostrophe
Daily Telegraph, Wednesday January 11, 2012Waterstones, the bookshop, has dropped the apostrophe in its trading name and logo, sparking outrage among some of its customers.
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Computer skills are the grammar of the 21st century, says Ed Vaizey
The Guardian, Tuesday January 10, 2012Conservative culture minister says knowing how a computer works 'on a par with a knowledge of the arts and humanities'. Vaizey's cabinet colleague Michael Gove, the education secretary, will lay out plans to encourage greater engagement with technology in a speech in London on Wednesday.
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All children should read Harry Potter books by 11, says minister
Daily Telegraph, Friday January 6, 2012Almost half of teenagers are failing to read books in their spare time after struggling to grasp the basics of literacy at a young age, a minister has warned.
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Carol Ann Duffy wins Costa poetry prize
BBC, Tuesday January 3, 2012Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy has won the Costa poetry prize, while author Andrew Miller has beaten Booker winner Julian Barnes to take best novel.
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Exam boards hit by scandals and criticism
The Guardian, Monday January 2, 2012A new survey of English teachers [by NATE] reveals intense worries about the consistency of exam marking at A-level, Warwick Mansell writes
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Shakespeare exam row after pupils told texts in advance
Daily Telegraph, Friday December 23, 2011The William Shakespeare texts which feature in GCSE papers are being told to pupils in advance by the exam board Edexcel.
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