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Schooldays for young children are more academic than they were 10 years ago since the introduction of the national curriculum, but there is little difference in the time spent on the three Rs. Children on average still spend only eight minutes a week reading aloud to their teachers.
Source: British Educational Re search Association Innovation and Change in Education.
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