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In Uncategorized by Alex Quigley24/09/20151 Comment

Today Nicky Morgan announced her ‘rallying cry’ to make children in this country “become the best readers in Europe”. Flanked by comic-celebrity wordsmith David Walliams, she has launched salvos at the publishing …

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Tom_RichmondTom Richmond@Tom_Richmond·

It is hard to ignore the stark message for young people coming out of these latest statistics.

Very, very concerning. https://twitter.com/tonywilsonIES/status/1305756331148816385

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HuntingEnglishAlex Quigley@HuntingEnglish·

AQA have attempted to fix their rather confusing initial plans for GCSE Eng Lit. Now it resembles what most English teachers expected based on prior announcements.

‘Our new plans for GCSE English Literature’ https://www.aqa.org.uk/news/our-new-plans-for-gcse-english-literature

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HuntingEnglishAlex Quigley@HuntingEnglish·

I really enjoyed reading this book - lots of useful disciplinary literacy examples and insights - which is much needed.

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Alex Quigley

Alex Quigley

I am National Content Manager at the EEF, supporting teachers to access research evidence. After over fifteen years in the classroom, I now support from outside the school gates.

I write edubooks and I am very lucky to have a column for both TES and Teach Secondary magazine.

Alex Quigley

I am National Content Manager at the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), after fifteen years as an English teacher and school leader. The focus of my work is supporting school improvement and making research  evidence accessible and useable for teachers and school leaders.

I write books for Routledge, including the bestseller, ‘Closing the Vocabulary Gap’. Currently, I am a columnist for both TES and Teach Secondary magazine. I am a ResearchED Trustee & a member of the Chartered College of Teaching Impact Journal board.

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