Literacy news
Literacy news covers the latest news from the media and other sources, as well as updates on NLT activity. 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
“Literacy in a digital age” debate raises vital issuesOn Tuesday this week a 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
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27Jul2010Government 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
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22Jul2010Reading courses as an alternative to prison
In Texas offenders are being sent on reading courses instead of prison.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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21Jul2010Over 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
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24May2010National Literacy Trust trustee Gail Rebuck wins at Adult Learners' awards
National Literacy Trust trustee and Chief Executive of publishing firm Random House Gail Rebuck, has been given a special award at the Adult Learners’ Week 2010 National Awards Ceremony in recognition of her involvement in the Quick Reads scheme.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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20Jan2010School system 'shameful', says CBI boss
The education system is failing pupils from poorer homes and producing exam results which "we ought to be ashamed of", according to the head of the most powerful group representing business leaders.
Posted by Site Administrator
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12Jan2010Cameron plans to bring 'spirit of enterprise' to Sure Start
David Cameron has set out Conservative plans to focus Sure Start more heavily on early intervention, reaching the disadvantaged, and better involving the voluntary sector in a speech to think-tank Demos.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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31Dec2009Free books to be sent to England's secondary schools in an attempt to get pupils reading
More than 53,000 free books, by authors from Charlotte Brontë to England goalkeeper David James, are to be sent to England’s secondary schools to get more pupils interested in reading as a hobby, ministers announced today.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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17Dec2009Funding secured to continue the work of Reading for Life
A powerful coalition of supporters are backing Reading for Life, our campaign to take reading to new audiences which continues the work of the 2008 National Year of Reading.
Posted by Site Administrator
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17Dec2009Latest GCSE attainment figures released
The Department for Children, Schools and Families has published the latest figures on pupil attainment, which show a breakdown of achievements in this year's GCSE results by eligibility for free school meals (FSM), gender, ethnicity, special education nee
Posted by Anna Lindsay
