To help combat the impact of screen-time creep, the Countdown word supremo has a few suggestionsChildren’s vocabulary shrinking as reading loses out to screen time, says Susie DentChildren’s vocabulary is shrinking as reading...
Read MoreEducation secretary says mandatory test needed to tackle ‘shocking outcomes’ for many working-class childrenBridget Phillipson has said she is ready to take on the unions in a battle over compulsory reading tests for...
Read MoreAs the number of children reading for pleasure hits a record low, the new award highlights its importance for wellbeing, and will give away thousands of booksBooker prize launches £50,000 children’s awardAt the end of the movie...
Read MoreAlastair Campbell and children’s author Michael Rosen among advocates calling for oracy to be in curriculumThe children’s writer Michael Rosen, one-time political strategist Alastair Campbell and former education secretaries...
Read MoreDecades ago, a generation of UK schoolchildren unwittingly took part in an initiative aimed at boosting reading skills – with lasting consequencesThroughout my life, my mum has always been a big reader. She was in three or four...
Read MoreCharity calls for move after poll finds ‘crisis’ levels of reading for pleasure and rise in 8- to 18-year-olds enjoying audioThe government has been urged to include audiobooks in the new schools curriculum in England, after...
Read MoreGovernment urged to drop emphasis on synthetic phonics in English schools as not backed up by latest evidenceA landmark study has described the way primary school pupils are taught to read in England as “uninformed and...
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