Events Database

101 historical macro events · 2010–today

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DateEvent
Mar 4, 11These variations on English spellings simply won't work
Mar 1, 11The dogs who listen to children reading
Feb 26, 11Unthinkable? Simpler spelling
Feb 20, 11Literacy campaigners attack phonics-based teaching plan
Feb 18, 11Children's authors dominate list of favourite UK library books
Jan 4, 11Once upon a time things changed
Dec 26, 10Why is this government making it even harder for children to read?
Dec 26, 10Michael Gove is betraying our children yet again
Dec 25, 10Booktrust faces uncertain new chapter after decision to phase out funding
Dec 25, 10Writers furious at plan to axe free books scheme for children
Dec 23, 10The crippling of Booktrust is a sorry tale
Dec 21, 10Government withdraws all funding for book-gifting programmes
Dec 17, 10Thousands of boys start secondary school 'barely able to read'
Nov 22, 10The Ministry of Stories opens for children who want to write
Nov 22, 10Michael Gove announces reading tests for six-year-olds
Nov 21, 10Nick Hornby: A champion for the written word
Nov 18, 10Nick Hornby opens Ministry of Stories to get Britain's kids writing again
Nov 9, 10School visits by authors boost children's writing confidence
Oct 12, 10Young Critics competition unearths serious reviewers
Oct 8, 10Great literature will always be relevant
Oct 7, 10Writing for National Poetry Day
Oct 6, 10Should spelling and grammar count in exams?
Oct 5, 10The rhyme and reason of reading to dementia patients
Sep 14, 10Out of Art into Literacy at the National Gallery
Sep 14, 10From pictures to words
Sep 10, 10Books appear as footnote at South Africa's resurrected literary festival
Aug 31, 10Reading Agency defends libraries' impact on literacy
Jul 22, 10Literacy unit faces closure
Jul 19, 10Primary school 'street' talk breeding illiteracy, claims thinktank
Jun 30, 10Manchester prepares for its first children's book festival
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