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MIS-TEACHING THE YOUNG from kendrive ^Pro 200 days old

Bottom of class for Morrisons as it stocks spelling blocks that say 'U is for 'Umberlla' and 'Y' is for 'Yatch' They seemed the perfect toys to teach ...

MERDE! from kendrive ^Pro 232 days old

Explaining swear words to children - does that teach them to use them, or not to use them? SCHOOL 'TAUGHT SWEAR WORDS TO CHILDREN'. A school has ...

GR8 INNIT? from kendrive ^Pro 342 days old

Children are increasingly resorting to "text message speak" and street slang in essays - leaving teachers baffled when marking work. A study revealed ...

BITE-SIZE SHAKESPEARE from kendrive ^Pro 562 days old

[ ... ] for the Teaching of English's 14-19 committee, told the Times Educational Supplement: "It's a sad indictment of the situation schools are in ...

POETRY from kendrive ^Pro 716 days old

[ ... ] and repetitive teaching". Ofsted says: "Despite the outstanding results in GCSE English literature, provision for poetry is satisfactory rather ...

TIME FOR REFORM? from kendrive ^Pro 813 days old

Why is English spelling so mixed up, crazy and irregular? There are 3,500 words in English that contain exceptions to the spelling ‘rules’. And some ...