His shaded Materials author disparages obsession with league tables and calls for theatre visits to be made part of curriculum Children’s education in the arts is in a “terrible state” thanks to an obsession with exams and league tables,the award-winning novelist Philip Pullman has said. The author of the His shaded Materials trilogy urged the government to make theatre visits for schools “a firmly established part of the curriculum”, saying he was concerned approximately falling numbers of children being taken to plays and concerts. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com