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This page covers the latest literacy news from the government
in the last four weeks. For more in-depth information
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Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has criticised the Government’s ‘one size fits all’ approach to schools. In a speech he will set out plans to give schools greater freedoms, allowing them to tailor education to the needs of their pupils. His proposals include: scrapping mandatory national tests for seven and 14 year olds, with the money saved put into early assessment at age five and a huge expansion of one-to-one reading and numeracy tuition.
Read the full article at www.libdems.org.uk/news/centralised-education-system-is-failing-pupils-clegg.14483.html
(Liberal Democrats, 16 June 2008)
The DCSF has launched the next phase of their School Improvement Strategy – National Challenge - to transform schools, raise results in English and maths, and tackle underachievement by young people.
The Children’s Plan sets out that by 2020 at least 90% of children will achieve the equivalent of five higher level GCSEs by age 19. National Challenge is important step on the way towards this – to meet the goal that in every secondary school, at least 30% of its pupils will achieve five good GCSEs including English and maths by 2011.
Read the full press release at www.dcsf.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2008_0109
(DCSF, 10 June 2008)
The Times columnist, Alice Miles, responds to the Government’s announcement of a School Improvement Strategy.
Read the article at www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/alice_miles/article4107088.ece?openComment=true
(The Times, 11 June 2008)
In an online Guardian article, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg discusses social mobility, saying now is the time for tough choices and education is the key.
Read the full article at www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jun/05/nickclegg.schoolfunding?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront
(Guardian, 6 June 2008)
The Independent has received a letter from leading academics warning that the drive to reform Britain's education system, with frequent shifts in policy and the added burden of targets is self-defeating.
The academics are Frank Coffield and Stephen Ball, both professors at the University of London's Institute of Education, Professor Richard Taylor, director of continuing education and lifelong learning at Cambridge University, and Professor Sir Peter Scott, the vice-chancellor of Kingston University in Surrey.
Read the full article at www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/governments-education-policy-is-selfdefeating-academics-warn-838156.html
(Independent, 4 June 2008)
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