Michael Rosen

A place where I'll post up some thoughts and ideas - especially on literature in education, children's literature in general, poetry, reading, writing, teaching and thoughts on current affairs.

Saturday, 30 June 2012

The Gove-Murdoch Curriculum sell-off scam

Boris Johnson dodges his own flak

Thursday, 28 June 2012

How to carry on stopping them asking questions

How to stop children asking questions

Friday, 22 June 2012

Why universities close down courses: my experience

Wednesday, 20 June 2012

The new Gove-levels: segregation is back

Boris plays with the Education toy now.

Education is their toy

Tuesday, 19 June 2012

It's the testing regime that kills

Why they are making poor people poorer.

Great idea for writing: "sequel problems"

Poetry workshop ideas: for your use

Phonics screening check: what we learned (1)

Monday, 18 June 2012

My last replies to Tim Oates's letter

What's failing? The test or the children?

Sir Jim Rose takes Rosen to task on phonics + my reply

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      • The Gove-Murdoch Curriculum sell-off scam
      • Boris Johnson dodges his own flak
      • How to carry on stopping them asking questions
      • How to stop children asking questions
      • Why universities close down courses: my experience
      • The new Gove-levels: segregation is back
      • Boris plays with the Education toy now.
      • Education is their toy
      • It's the testing regime that kills
      • Why they are making poor people poorer.
      • Great idea for writing: "sequel problems"
      • Poetry workshop ideas: for your use
      • Phonics screening check: what we learned (1)
      • My last replies to Tim Oates's letter
      • What's failing? The test or the children?
      • Sir Jim Rose takes Rosen to task on phonics + my r...
      • Reply 2 to Tim Oates's letter.
      • To Oates re Year 1 'first, fast and only'.
      • Tim Oates lengthy reply to my request for evidence
      • Massive respect for Pollard, James and Wiliam (see...
      • Observer: Gove's experts revolt...(wheels coming off)
      • Why the proposed writing curriculum will fail, fai...
      • Test-effect vs Reading: what'll win?
      • Letter to me from Pie Corbett re Draft Primary Eng...
      • Next week is FAIL-A-CHILD WEEK: the phonics check
      • Show us your evidence: my letter to Tim Oates
      • Blow by blow account of Expert Panel and Gove
      • Pollard and James resignation + author scandal
      • Four false models in one Primary English Curriculum.
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      • Outbreak of subjunctivitis: Mad Curriculum Disease
      • What Gove wants, Gove gets.Thanks Tim Oates
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      • Orwellian or wot? Govt approved spelling lists
      • And so to grammar (More from the draft curriculum)
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      • The Poetry Recitation Police Department: PRPD
      • DO NOT SHOW POEMS TO VERY YOUNG CHILDREN
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      • Draft or Daft English Curriculum?
      • The Gove-Murdoch vision of schools: Unfree and pro...
      • By heart: Gove and poetry
      • Bailouts and bullshit
      • Prof Jen Webb interviews me.
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      • The Hunt-Osborne text: literature meets politics
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