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		<title>The link between measurement skills and numeracy</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poor numeracy is blighting Britain&#8217;s economic performance and ruining lives, says a new charity launched to champion better maths skills. You can find recent BBC reports on this topic on the following web pages: &#8220;Could you do this calculation?&#8221;, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17236806 &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/03/the-link-between-measurement-skills-and-numeracy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Numeracy Counts</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent report has stressed the importance of numeracy &#8211; and of raising the level of numeracy &#8211; both for people with learning difficulties and for people who are otherwise well qualified.  In this article Martin Vlietstra suggests that fully &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/03/numeracy-counts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kids don&#8217;t count</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two recent Channel 4 Dispatches programmes entitled &#8220;Kids Don’t Count&#8221; sought to demonstrate just that. But if you saw the programmes and are a regular reader of Metric Views, you may have wondered if the programmes overlooked the real problem. &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2010/05/kids-dont-count/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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