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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14Apr2010
Mission accomplished for Operation Read winnersNational Literacy Trust Reading Champions teams from Newton Road Primary School in Northamptonshire and King Richard School in Hampshire have been announced as the winners of Chris Ryan Operation Read.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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14Apr2010
New research reveals a third of boys struggle to find books that interest themA new study by the National Literacy Trust* of 17,089 pupils aged from eight to 16 has revealed that almost one-third (32.3%) of boys agree with the statement ‘I can’t find anything to read that interests me’.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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13Apr2010Conservative Party launch election manifesto
The Conservative Party launch their election manifesto at Battersea power station
Posted by George Dugdale
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12Apr2010Labour manifesto launched
The Labour Party have launched their election manifesto
Posted by George Dugdale
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09Apr2010SATs tests limit children’s education, says teachers' leader
Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, has said national tests for 10 and 11-year-olds, formerly known as SATs, contravene the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Posted by Anna Jones
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07Apr2010Key education reforms lost as Bill pushed through Parliament
The Government has been forced into droping a number of planned reforms to schools in order to secure the passage through Parliament of the Children, Schools and Families Bill.
Posted by George Dugdale
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30Mar2010Reading unpopular pastime for young people, new research reveals
New National Literacy Trust findings from a major study of 17,089 pupils from 112 schools reveal that only half (50.6%) of young people enjoy reading very much or quite a lot.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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29Mar2010Writing Solutions Ltd - a new supporter for the NLT
Writing Solutions Ltd has given its first corporate donation to the NLT.
Posted by Jenner Fabian
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26Mar2010Youth Panel to select Orange Prize for Fiction
To celebrate the fifteenth year of the Orange Prize for Fiction, a youth panel are to choose the “best of the best” of the prizewinning books from the past 14 years.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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24Mar2010
FILMCLUB project has positive impact on literacyResearch by FILMCLUB, a DCSF (Department for Children, Schools and Families) initiative that supports schools to run free film clubs, shows that there are educational and social benefits to watching, discussing and reviewing a broad range of films.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
