{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/66202cf262f822001203895b/67502e969fa1c19f98db9d96?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"S4 Ep23 Resuscitating The Subject of English (pt2)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/66202cf262f822001203895b/1733573362558-bf932eea-548b-4627-9770-4b9328892946.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Time to finish our letter to Bridget Phillipson, and once again thank the incredible teachers we spoke to, and the pupils for their fabulous creative writing.</p><p>And hey, thank yourself too!  Whether you like it or not, you're now part of our powerful army of activists, who are going to help bring about a U-turn in reading and writing!</p><p>Let's start today - let's put away the smartphones - let's read more - let's volunteer as a paired-reader at a school. Let's big-up teachers - let's write something and share it with the world - let's write letters to the government until they change the way English is taught, and the way the arts are viewed in schools.</p><p>Thanks for listening, and if you want to know more about the stuff we've been discussing, or have any other suggestions about how we might give English in schools a boost - drop us a line!</p><p>failingwriterspodcast@gmail.com</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Failing Writers Podcast"}