News
Welcome to the Young Readers Programme news section. Here you can find all the latest news on the project. You can also seach news items using the box above.
Young People news stories:
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16Apr2010National Non-Fiction Day to debut on 4 November
The Federation of Children’s Book Groups has announced the launch of an annual National Non-Fiction Day, a day dedicated to the celebration of the best information and narrative non-fiction books for children.
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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14Apr2010Rubbing Shoulders with WWE Superstars
Winners of the 2010 WrestleMania Reading Challenge competition jet off to Phoenix to attend the Reading Challenge quiz, meet some WWE Superstars and see WrestleMania live.
Posted by Hannah MacLellan
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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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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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04Mar2010
Join Bill Bailey, Anthony Horowitz, Kirsty Young and Andrew Motion to support literacy this World Book DayLaunching today on World Book Day, the National Literacy Trust’s Vote for Literacy campaign urges politicians to prioritise literacy and to adopt policies from our Manifesto for Literacy.
Posted by Anna Jones
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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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01Jan2010'One in six' children have difficulty learning to talk
Nearly one in six children - and almost one quarter of boys - have difficulty learning to talk, research suggests.
Posted by Edward Mather
