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Literacy news covers the lastest news from the media and other sources. The most recent headlines are listed below and you can browse archived news from last four weeks by subject area using the left-hand menu. For more in-depth information or initiatives by subject area visit the site A-Z. You can also keep up-to-date with literacy news by subscribing to our free email newsletter or by reading the monthly NLT viewpoint.

Pupils use home computers for schoolwork (05.02.10)
National Storytelling Week celebrates tenth anniversary (01.02.10)
Alan Gibbons vows to continue school library campaign (21.01.10)
Booktrust launches new campaign aimed at over 60s (20.01.10)
Conservatives promise to make teaching "elitist" (18.01.10)
First episode of The TV Book Club airs (18.01.10)
New Zealand research into children's reading released (15.01.10)
Follow up show to Richard & Judy Book Club to debut on Sunday (13.01.10)
Cameron plans to bring 'spirit of enterprise' to Sure Start (12.01.10)
Free laptop and broadband scheme announced to strenghten links between families and schools (11.01.10)
New research report reveals ongoing success of Every Child a Reader programme (08.01.10)
Sir Andrew Motion calls for poetry teaching to be broadened (08.01.10)
MPs say 21st Century Schools agenda too confusing(08.01.10)
‘One in six’ children have difficulty in learning to talk (04.01.10)
Prime Minister and Ed Balls announce guaranteed support for primary pupils (04.01.10)
Free books to be sent to England's secondary schools in an attempt to get pupils reading (31.12.09)
National Year of Reading 2008 Director awarded an MBE (31.12.09)
School system 'shameful', says CBI boss (31.12.09)
Funding secured to continue the work of Reading for Life (17.12.09)
Latest GCSE attainment figures released (17.12.09)
Reading programmes for boys deemed a success (15.12.09)
Literacy Commission releases report on literacy in Scotland (04.12.09)
Annual league tables results released (01.12.09)
Workplace literacy initiative too short to improve skills (01.12.09)
Ofsted annual report released (25.11.09)
Train to Gain funding cut by six percent (25.11.09)
Headteachers claim no quick fix to literacy problems (24.11.09)
Five new flip-books named for World Book Day 2010 (24.11.09)
Government confirms plans for new primary curriculum (16.11.09)
Honor Wilson Fletcher to head Aldridge Foundation and sit on National Literacy Trust Advisory Group (16.11.09)
Royal Mail writing competition (13.11.09)
iPhone books overtake games (04.11.09)
Libraries look to e-books (26.10.09)
Children prefer TV and computers to reading (23.10.09)
Innovative programme to help parents to identify good reads (23.10.09)
New national Communication Champion appointed (16.10.09)
UK retailer unhappy with school leavers' academic abilities (16.10.09)
Review backs later formal lessons (16.10.09)
DCSF releases the latest Early Years Foundation Stage results for England (15.10.09)
Culture Minister outlines plans for forthcoming consultation on libraries (09.10.09)
Conservatives say schools should go back to basics citing a drop in international comparison of literacy standards (08.10.09)
Picture books 'lose out' to exams (02.10.09)
BBC launches 'real life' writing competition (30.09.09)
How are public libraries changing and what does their future hold (29.09.09)
Public libraries open to anyone (28.09.09)
Intellectual guru seeks system re-design of secondary education (22.09.09)
Changes in Scottish Education (21.09.09)
Pupils pioneer a wordless method of learning English as additional language (21.09.09)
Ed Balls sets out £2bn savings for schools (20.09.09)
School libraries: an endangered species? (18.09.09)
Reading could reduce gang violence, says Police Chief (16.09.09)
New speaking and listening project launched, Words for Work (15.09.09)
Pupils' basic skills stagnant for years, says academic (09.09.09)
Manifesto calls for political parties to prioritise literacy (08.09.09)
Advice for teachers on how to tell the difference between a noun and a verb (06.09.09)
Some primary pupils leave school having only read 3 books (03.09.09)

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