"Credit a bulging teen population, a surge of global talent and perhaps a bit of Harry Potter afterglow as the preteen Muggles of yesteryear carry an ingrained reading habit into later adolescenc

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"50 years on from CP Snow's famous 'Two Cultures' essay, is the old divide between arts and sciences deeper than ever?" Little from column A, little from column B.

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"A novel whose narrative consists entirely of mobile phone text messages has been published in Finland." Call me a linguistic fascist if you will, but I think this is awful, and I doubt it'l

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"...the line between genius parody and stupidity is so blurred on this one, I'm not going to hazard a guess as to whether it's exclusively one or the other..." Me neither, but if it's for re

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I think this speaks volumes about literacy and common sense myself, but then I'm cynical that way.

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A test of your understanding of the basic principles of genetics. I'm proud to have scored a perfect ten. I'm horrified that the average score is 4.

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We can bloody well hope so, though the definition of 'Europe' will no doubt be questionable.

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Computer literacy is increasingly seen as an essential skill for children. But what is the best age to introduce them to computers and does it give them a head-start?

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A resource for teachers, literacy organisations and anyone interested in reading and education, created in collaboration with LitCam, Google, and UNESCO's Institute for Lifelong Learning.

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A resource for teachers, literacy organisations and anyone interested in reading and education, created in collaboration with LitCam, Google, and UNESCO's Institute for Lifelong Learning.

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Free teaching resource - Generate huge spelling lists by selecting patterns and entering phonemes. Uses 57000 words to produce lists and can produce flashcards from the lists you make.

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Exploring the trend of promoting literacy through comics in the classroom.

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MSM finally catches up to "Read A Book"!

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