Blogs
Our blogs are written by various NLT staff on a wide range of literacy issues. We welcome your ideas and feedback, so please add your comments.
If you have any suggestions for blog topics that you would like to see our staff discuss please email us.
Schools & teaching blog posts:
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17Dec2010National Literacy Trust response to Radio 4's Today programme story on literacy results in schools
Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove appeared on the Today programme talking about the most recent Key Stage 2 results for literacy. Here's the National Literacy Trust's response to the story.
Posted by George Dugdale | 0 Comments
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07Dec2010UK schools slip in PISA rankings
The latest results from the OECD’s assessment of the literacy, maths and science levels of 15-year-olds in education systems across the world have been released today, and the UK has slipped down the rankings.
Posted by George Dugdale | 1 Comment
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21Sep2010
Tom Palmer’s Foul Play blog (Autumn 2010)Tom Palmer (author of Puffin’s Foul Play and Football Academy books) will be writing a weekly blog during the time his National Literacy Trust competition is running this autumn. He’ll talk about ideas and schools and books and hopes to hear back from you
Posted by Tom Palmer | 0 Comments
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16Aug2010The national literacy challenge: our priorities under the Coalition Government
Director Jonathan Douglas discusses the National Literacy Trust's priorities under the new government in light of the forthcoming Spending Review.
Posted by Jonathan Douglas | 0 Comments
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07Jul2010A book of their own: how owning books affects children's literacy
Lizzie Poulton, Project Manager, National Young Readers' Programme, tells us about recent research on book ownership and the difference books in the home can make.
Posted by Lizzie Poulton | 2 Comments
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02Jul2010With plans for a full spending review underway, how can we campaign to ensure that literacy is a priority?
Following the budget the Government's attention will now turn towards the autumn spending review. Help us to ensure that literacy is seen as a priority during this time.
Posted by George Dugdale | 1 Comment
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15Jun2010Kids distracted by the World Cup? Time to join them says Jim Sells
Jim tells us how to turn a love of football into a love of reading.
Posted by Jim Sells | 1 Comment
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13May2010An open letter to the Members of the new Parliament
NLT Director Jonathan Douglas writes an open letter to the MPs of the new Parliament and urges them to address the issue of literacy in the UK.
Posted by Jonathan Douglas | 0 Comments
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01Mar2010
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23Feb2010
To blog or not to blog: that isn't the questionOur new report on writing, published at the beginning of this month, has caused something of a stir in the media and online. Fittingly, research which suggests that new technology may have educational benefits for young people’s writing has been examined
Posted by Christina Clark | 0 Comments
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