Despite an increasing number of schools switching to a systematic phonics-based approach to teaching reading, compelled by mounting evidence in its favour, Australia’s national curriculum authority ...

A lovely aphorism holds that education isn’t the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire. But too often, neither are pails filled nor fires lit. One of the most bearish statistics for the future ...

abc.net.au/news/australian-phonics-war-on-how-to-teach-kids-to-read-rages-on/11258944 How Australian kids learn to read is once again being debated as the Federal ...

"I will get teared up because I think I can't read," fourth grader Raven said. Learning to read isn't fair. It comes naturally for some students. But for others it's a frustrating, agonizing process ...

A new approach to teaching children how to read has been implemented in schools across the country, with educators seeing a dramatic improvement in scores. Known as the 'science of reading,' this ...

The Department of Education and so-called educational toy companies need to leave our children alone and give them time to just be kids Childhood is relatively fleeting in 21st century Britain, ...

Education Minister Simon Birmingham released a report today recommending that all Year 1 students in Australia complete a phonics test. The panel responsible for the report has recommended that ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. It is puzzling to read that, according to the 2023 NAPLAN results, 28.9 per cent of Victorian school children are struggling to meet ...

Your little one might love a game of I Spy to pass the time. It's a game you can play anywhere, either int he house or when you're out and about. But did you know it is great for their language ...