Renaissance Learning UK
Press Coverage 2005/2006
THE NEWS, PORTSMOUTH: Children learn to read for pleasure
by Sion DonavanA RENAISSANCE of Reading has taken place at a school where pupils have 'a book in the bag'. While national tests advocate work on key extracts, Warblington School, in Havant, is allowing pupils in Year 7 and Year 8 to read entire books just for pleasure.
TES: If children can't read, they can't learn
Sir Cyril Taylor, Chair of the Specialist School and Academies Trust, discusses the success of Accelerated Reader in the US and how schools, parents and Government must work together to improve literacy.
TES: Literacy quizzes hold the answer
by Warwick MansellSir Cyril Taylor, chairman of the Specialists School Trust, is pushing ministers to back the Accelerated Reader project, a system of online quizzes that, he says, is capturing youngsters' imaginations and making it "cool" to read.
GUARDIAN: Reading must become a priority
Sir Cyril Taylor, Chair of the Specialist School and Academies Trust believes that the most important predictor of academic success, is the amount of time spent reading.
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