literacy

Boris Johnson plans ’emergency’ literacy push over Covid impact on children’s reading skills

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Boris Johnson plans ’emergency’ literacy push as shock figures reveal hundreds of thousands of primary pupils will head to secondary school unable to read properly due to Covid 200,000 primary school pupils could head to secondary with poor literacy skills  Boris Johnson expected to unveil new four-year ’emergency’ plan in May  English students have lost … Read more

MARK PALMER pays tribute to Bill Bryson’s literacy legacy

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No one can fault his timing. Bill Bryson, the much-loved and arguably the most successful travel writer there’s ever been, is hanging up his pen just as it’s become impossible to travel anywhere. At least, almost impossible. I’m not sure Bryson would go a bundle on swabs being shoved up his nose 72 hours before … Read more