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Key education policy decisions in the early 2000s have not produced the desired results. But broad bipartisan agreement is now needed to give children and teachers the greatest chance of success.
Unlike the traditional method of comparing Indigenous students with non-Indigenous students, a new approach compares Indigenous students with their Indigenous peers.
Children benefit enormously from regular, cognitively stimulating interactions with their caregivers.
Kindergarteners’ literacy and active play are both grounded in the science of learning.
A new study has identified seven types of teen readers. It also found about 30% do not read in their free time.
Studies show that teaching parents how to support their children can lead to improvements in literacy.
A new Grattan Institute report provides a plan to ensure at least 90% of Australian school students can read well.
Many English teachers are thinking seriously about how gaming applies in their classrooms. But opinions are divided about how to approach it.
The fanfare and hype around the results risks obscuring the big picture.
The teachers did not often adapt their practices to suit their specific cultural and linguistic contexts.
The good news is, it’s perfectly OK for children to watch and repeat. In fact, it can help them learn.
NAPLAN results alarmingly show almost one in three Australian children don’t meet the expected standard in Year 3.
The language and speech technology has been developed to provide linguistic accuracy and is grounded in teaching principles.
There is growing evidence suggesting difficulties with reading and mental health may be related in some children.
Most Ghanaian footballers have poor levels of financial literacy and financial behaviour.
A report from the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission outlines government and school responsibilities for educating students with disabilities and calls for changes in reading instruction.
Low levels of literacy cost the US more than $2 trillion every year.
Overall, differences in teachers’ subject knowledge could explain a third of the differences in student learning between the 14 countries.
For many educators, structured literacy is a step in the right direction to improving New Zealand’s falling literacy rates. But educators need to remain adaptable as the science of reading evolves.
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Professor, School of Education, University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra
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Honorary Senior Lecturer, School of Education, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Associate Professor of Education Policy and the Future of Schooling, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary
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Professor, Canada Research Chair in Determinants of Child Development, Owerko Centre at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary
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Deputy CEO (Research), Australian Council for Educational Research
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School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Professional Learning and Development Facilitator in Literacy Education, Massey University
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PhD student, Cognitive Psychology, University of Calgary
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Professor of Cognitive Psychology, School of Education, La Trobe University
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Education economist, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Psychology, Western University
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Professor, Faculty of Education and Arts, Australian Catholic University
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Emeritus Professor of Education, Macquarie University
