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Just over five million adults in England are functionally illiterate, with the literacy skills equivalent to an eleven year old. Not only that, around half of the adults in prison are illiterate …

Phil Stock @joeybagstock·

Still time to join me this Wednesday on this free webinar from @GreenshawR https://twitter.com/GreenshawR/status/1310252637586108419

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SCC English@sccenglish·

'We’ve largely neglected the thought processes involved in understanding words. We’ve often simplified it to the extent of glossing over the meaning of words. We don’t give that important space to talk about words.'
This is well-worth reading. https://twitter.com/Xris32/status/1309810340474032130

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Alex Quigley @HuntingEnglish·

In the US, there‘s been an interesting debate around the teaching of social studies (more commonly known as the humanities here) & its importance to knowledge & the related importance of this to reading development. A recent study by The Fordham Institute (@educationgadfly) /1

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