Tackling the reading gap

Overworked teachers and dumbed-down libraries are behind Britain's shocking literacy levels.
Joanna Williams, SPIKED, 12 Sept. 2014

Interesting article with links to some documents and reports.

Also of interest:

Kathryn Ecclestone and Dennis Hayes: The dangerous rise of therapeutic education

Kathryn Ecclestone is professor of post-compulsory education and Dennis Hayes is a visiting professor in the Westminster Institute of Education at Oxford Brookes University, England. 
The Dangerous Rise of Therapeutic Education, published by Routledge.
Spiked 2008