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Get kids back into books by reflecting modern Britain in school reading, campaign says

Lit in Colour urges inclusion of diverse authors in GCSE reading lists, citing research that 68% of young people want a curriculum reflecting modern Britain.

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How to get children reading again has become one of the highly debated questions in education. At the centre of it sits an argument over what young people should be reading at school, with the campaigners behind the Lit in Colour movement suggesting that the answer lies in reforming English Literature education.

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'Kids do love reading, if you give them the right stuff': Campaign to get children back into books

Research carried out by Public First for Lit in Colour suggests 33% of young people say the books they read at school put them off reading, while 68% want an English curriculum that better reflects modern Britain.

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