TITLE

Literacy conference

PUB. DATE

March 2009

SOURCE

Literacy Today;Mar2009, Issue 58, p23

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Proceeding

ABSTRACT

Information about the conference on literacy for representatives from schools and other parties held last September 2008 in Great Britain is presented. It mentions that the conference was opened by Jane Hutt, a minister, and notes that it focuses on the findings of most recent reports about literacy. It further states that discussion groups brought practitioners and policy makers to consider ways of improving practice to raise standards of literacy.

ACCESSION #

38214039

Tags: CONFERENCES & conventions;  LITERACY -- Congresses;  HUTT, Jane;  EDUCATION -- Congresses

 

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