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Homelessness remains a huge problem in Australia and an important contributing factor is low literacy levels. We interviewed 23 people...

Recent blog posts and articles in The Age have yet again stirred debates about the Reading Wars. We are writing this piece as a call for...

Humans are unique among species in our ability to learn from each other. Many animals can mimic, but we have taken learning from others...

Have you ever tried to change some aspect of your behaviour? To eat a healthier diet and/or lose weight? To exercise more? To have a...

In the pre-COVID days, when I did face-to-face training, I would usually ask folks if they remembered learning to read. 99.99% of them...

In 1961, the Ontario Human Rights Commission was formed to “prevent discrimination and to promote and advance human rights” in the...

Teaching children to read is complex. There are many things that schools need to get right for their pupils to flourish as readers....

There are few things more disheartening in my work life than having to spend precious time unpicking and rebutting the destructive work...

People sometimes raise the question of when the optimal time is for children to begin to learn to read. This is especially relevant for...

Recently two graduate teachers confided in me their feelings of guilt over using pre-prepared materials in their classrooms. They both...