Literacy news

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 by moving through the page numbers at the bottom of the page.

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• 28Jul2010
  Department for Education announces independent commission into early intervention

  Plans for an independent commission into early intervention, which aims to ensure that children at greatest risk of multiple disadvantage get the best start in life, has been announced by the Department for Education (DfE).

  Posted by Anna Lindsay

• 28Jul2010
  “Literacy in a digital age” debate raises vital issues

  On Tuesday this week the first New Statesman and Starbucks Coffee House debate, in association with the National Literacy Trust, took place at Starbucks in Oxford Street.

  Posted by Anna Lindsay

• 27Jul2010
  Government proposes to abolish MLA

  Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has proposed abolishing the MLA "to focus efforts on frontline, essential services and ensure greater value for money," according to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).

  Posted by Farah Pasha

• 26Jul2010
  The possibility of “used” e-books

  Nick Harkaway has posted on the Bookseller’s “FuturEBooks” blog about the possibility of selling “second-hand e-books”.

  Posted by Anna Lindsay

• 23Jul2010
  Winner of the Reading Connects and Reading Champions School of the Year competition 2009/10

  Winner of Reading Connects and Reading Champions School of the Year competition 2009/10 announced.

  Posted by Hannah MacLellan

• 22Jul2010
  Reading courses as an alternative to prison

  In Texas offenders are being sent on reading courses instead of prison.

  Posted by Anna Lindsay

• 21Jul2010
  Over a third of children leave state primary schools in London with reading difficulties, says new report

  A new report released this week by the Centre for Policy Studies states that London is suffering from an 'epidemic of illiteracy'.

  Posted by Anna Lindsay

• 21Jul2010
  Technology company develop $20 e-reader

  A $20 e-reader has been developed, with the aim of taking the technology to some of the world's poorest countries.

  Posted by Anna Lindsay

• 20Jul2010
  Is 'the earlier the better' the right path forward for teaching reading?

  Nursery World (8 July 2010) features an interesting opinion piece by Dr Sebastian Suggate. The piece centres on the debate around when to start teaching children to read.

  Posted by Shawna Spoor

• 20Jul2010
  National Literacy Trust founder Sir Simon Hornby has passed away

  The National Literacy Trust is extremely saddened to learn of the death of our President, founder and former Chairman Sir Simon Hornby.

  Posted by Anna Lindsay