Received and understood
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Received and understood
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Clerly there is now evidence that, far from “back to basics” confining pupils to arid drilling techniques, “getting the basics right” appears to be acting as a launch pad for a flowering of creativity and confidence. Whatever the gloomy prognostications of international studies, national assessments of achievement and HMI reports, some schools are showing that it is possible to turn the corner in imaginative ways.
The message that reading and writing skills are the gateway to a rounded not a narrow education - reinforced by the renewed concern about adult illiteracy - is, perhaps slowly, being received and understood.
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