Anna Davis, Education Correspondent London Evening Standard
9 Jun 2011
One in five London parents has such poor literacy skills they cannot read a bedtime story to their children, the Standard has learned. Shocking new figures reveal how 370,000 mothers and father are not confident enough to read aloud – significantly reducing their child’s chances of learning to read. The exclusive research shows for the first time how London’s illiteracy crisis is affecting families. Jonathan Douglas, director of the National Literacy Trust, which uncovered the figures, said: “It is a tragedy. Every …

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By Richard Garner, Education Editor Independent
The prospect of pupils suing exam boards over blunders in this year’s GCSE and A-level papers emerged yesterday as three more serious howlers came to light. A head teachers’ leader warned the latest in a string of mistakes had seriously undermined public confidence in the examination system.
Parents’ leader, Margaret Morrissey Parentsoutloud called for “heavy” fines to be levied on exam boards with the worst offenders being stripped of their authority to set exams. Ofqual, the exams regulator, warned it would take regulatory action if …