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.

Friday, 27 June 2025

Some first thoughts on where we are with the Goldsmiths Inquiry into Antisemitism.

Thursday, 26 June 2025

Why do children not like writing (see the recent report from the National Literacy Trust)

Thursday, 19 June 2025

Stories on a gravestone in Cartmel Priory, Cumbria

Saturday, 7 June 2025

Two new poems for Gaza - a) Keir Starmer and the 'Massacre of the Innocents''; b) No Famine

Friday, 6 June 2025

Before Gove, Blunkett and Baker, there was no good research on the teaching of English...WHAT?!

Tuesday, 3 June 2025

5 blogs on the Grammar test for primary school children (2022-25)

Monday, 2 June 2025

Bernard Newsome and this question: What else is writing other than 'grammar'?

Sunday, 1 June 2025

10 points about the primary school grammar test .

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