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What the Dickens Are We Doing to Our Children?

Lauren Davidson | Posted 14.01.2013 | Home
Read More: Literature, English, Illiteracy, English Literature, Charles Dickens, Curriculum, Schools, Dickens, UK Students, UK Books, UK Culture, Home News
Lauren Davidson

Perhaps, as the bicentennial year draws to a close and we move into Dickens' third century, there is something else the Victorian author can teach us - and that is not to teach him to our children.

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Illiteracy Costs UK £82bn A Year In Lost Business And Wages

PA/Huffington Post | Posted 25.01.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Literacy, Innumeracy, UK Business, UK News, Illiteracy, Poverty, UK Economy, UK Universities & Education News

The estimated cost of illiteracy to the UK economy is £81.312bn each year, according to a new report. The interim report, released by the World Li...

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Five-Year-Old Boys Struggling To Write Their Names

PA | Posted 20.12.2011 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Literacy, UK News, Illiteracy, UK Schools, UK Universities & Education News

Almost one in five boys are struggling to write their own name at the age of five, figures suggest. Government statistics show a gen...

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