Literary greats 'key to English' Classic English literature should remain central to the teaching of English, a study suggests.
A survey of thousands of teachers, pupils, parents, writers and advisers found great support for the classics.
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BUT HERE IS A CONTRADICTING ARTICLE FROM THE SAME SITE!
Media studies grows in schools
By Angela Harrison
BBC News education reporter
Increasing numbers of teenagers are opting to do media studies - with some dropping English literature to do so, a report from an exams watchdog suggests.
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The BBC story is 4 years old...quite a bit out of date and not a fair comparison.
ReplyDeleteThank you Frank! Hope you enjoy my site! I do hope (or just believe) that education is not so easily dated, that four years could make a notable difference. Fortunately, I am not hoping to maintain a strictly real-time site. Sometimes, there are just really good things out there that still matter!
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