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The GCSE English "fiasco" - Why shouldn't all have prizes?

Sep 02, 2012 | Category: English
Lots of folk have had lots to say about what went on behind the scenes at the various exam boards this summer and throughout it all I've largely kept my peace. Having absorbed the various arguments an...
#English #GCSEs #Gove #literacy #grade inflation

Myths: what Ofsted want

Mar 17, 2012 | Category: English
With galling hypocrisy and seemingly no sense of irony, Ofsted have released their latest subject report for English snappily titled, Moving English Forward. The report is a step by step guide on how...
#Ofsted #lesson observations #Gove

Is grammar glamorous?

Nov 16, 2011 | Category: English
Well, no it's not is it. Grammar's that dull stuff what kids got taught in the 60s. And then enlightened educationalists decided it was unfashionable for children to know how to parse sentences and wo...
#Sir Ken Robinson #Gove #David Crystal #grammar

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