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    <pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:45:11 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Mind the Gap: Helping schools to collaborate in an autonomous age</title>
      <link>http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/blog/5266_mind_the_gap_helping_schools_to_collaborate_in_an_autonomous_age</link>
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        <![CDATA[Changes in policy since the Coalition Government came to power have seen significant shifts in the education sector. Our Schools Manager, Julie Gibbings discusses in her blog the impact of greater autonomy for schools and how we are responding with our ne]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Poetry&#8217;s the pill: the experiences of a spoken word educator</title>
      <link>http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/blog/5210_poetry_s_the_pill_the_experiences_of_a_spoken_word_educator</link>
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        <![CDATA[Professional poet and spoken word educator Catherine Brogan explains how spoken word poetry education can strengthen students’ literacy skills, engage reluctant writers and develop student voice and emotional literacy. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Buzzing about books - using talk and peer recommendation to hook pupils into reading</title>
      <link>http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/blog/5208_buzzing_about_books-using_talk_and_peer_recommendation_to_hook_pupils_into_reading</link>
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        <![CDATA[Schools Officer Susie Musgrove shares ideas for developing a classroom culture where talking about books is the norm.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A U-Turn, Confusing Names and Consultations: All in a day&#8217;s work for education policy</title>
      <link>http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/blog/5206_a_u-turn_confusing_names_and_consultations_all_in_a_day_s_work_for_education_policy</link>
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        <![CDATA[Our Schools Manager Julie Gibbings explores Gove's education policy announcements.]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/blog/5206_a_u-turn_confusing_names_and_consultations_all_in_a_day_s_work_for_education_policy</guid>
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      <title>Local Government&#8217;s Role in Education: the way forward in 2013</title>
      <link>http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/blog/5176_local_government_s_role_in_education_the_way_forward_in_2013</link>
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        <![CDATA[Emily McCoy, our Literacy Action Hub Programme Manager, explores the local authority's role in supporting literacy.]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/blog/5176_local_government_s_role_in_education_the_way_forward_in_2013</guid>
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      <title>Young people and literacy have changed their relationship status to &#8216;it&#8217;s complicated&#8217;</title>
      <link>http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/blog/5177_young_people_and_literacy_have_changed_their_relationship_status_to_it_s_complicated</link>
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        <![CDATA[Cliff Manning, Communications Director at Makewaves, discusses the impact of social media on literacy and how you can use it to your advantage.]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/blog/5177_young_people_and_literacy_have_changed_their_relationship_status_to_it_s_complicated</guid>
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      <title>Can teaching speaking and listening change behaviour in secondary classes?</title>
      <link>http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/blog/4801_can_teaching_speaking_and_listening_change_behaviour_in_secondary_classes</link>
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        <![CDATA[Words for Work project manager, Sally Melvin believes it can. Here she looks at feedback from secondary school students in Brighton. Their English teacher ran our project this year and wonders how this impact can be extended to other subject areas.]]>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2012 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/blog/4801_can_teaching_speaking_and_listening_change_behaviour_in_secondary_classes</guid>
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      <title>How to use the new football season to get your kids reading for pleasure</title>
      <link>http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/blog/4799_how_to_use_the_new_football_season_to_get_your_kids_reading_for_pleasure</link>
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        <![CDATA[Blog from children's author Tom Palmer to get you ready for the 2012/2013 Premier League season]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/blog/4799_how_to_use_the_new_football_season_to_get_your_kids_reading_for_pleasure</guid>
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      <title>Will the Olympic Games inspire a nation of readers?</title>
      <link>http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/blog/4782_will_the_olympic_games_inspire_a_nation_of_readers</link>
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        <![CDATA[Jonathan Douglas, our Director,  explores how the Olympic Games is creating a new cohort of role models and inspiring children to read.]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Boys' reading in 2012</title>
      <link>http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/blog/4721_boys_reading_in_2012</link>
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        <![CDATA[In a guest blog, Gavin Barwell, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Literacy Group and the Commission on Boys' Reading, explains why addressing the gender gap is so important (taken from his foreword to the Commission's report).]]>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2012 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/blog/4721_boys_reading_in_2012</guid>
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