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August 30, 2023

Parents, don’t panic about these NAPLAN results

SMH August 23, 2023 by Jenny Gore Parents, do not be alarmed by these latest NAPLAN results. What do they show? About one in 10 Australian students are identified as needing
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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

August 30, 2023

What happened to Gonski’s schools?

National Affairs What happened to Gonski’s schools? Successive reviews of school education have promised a brighter future, but how many of them have gone back to see what went wrong last time? Inside
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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

August 24, 2023

The latest NAPLAN results don’t look great but we need to go beyond the headline figures

This year’s national NAPLAN results are out, with the news only two-thirds of Australian students met minimum achievement levels in literacy and numeracy. Continue
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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

July 13, 2023

The Diversity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand (DANZ)Children’s Book Award

The DANZ Children’s Books Award is looking for young judges aged 6 to 16 for their inaugural award. The applications are due to close on 31 July. We'd love to get some more young judges
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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

June 26, 2023

Underfunded public schools suffer

The Saturday Paper June 10-16, 2023 Rising inequality in the Australian school system is leading to a drop in the standard of education as the public sector grapples with teacher burnout
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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

June 5, 2023

Talking to Parents about Spelling

In this podcast, literacy experts Diane Snowball and Sharon Callen discuss the most frequently asked questions parents have about spelling. Continue Reading
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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

May 29, 2023

How Dolly Parton has sparked a reading revolution in central western NSW

SMH may 28, 2023 by Catherine Naylor The babies of Gilgandra are falling in love with reading, and it’s thanks in large part to country music star Dolly Parton. One year after
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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

May 24, 2023

2023 Literature Symposium: new episode available now!

Click on the link to watch 'Starting early; starting conversation with Jane Vaughan and Mary Pilkington. Click here
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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

February 23, 2023

Research reveals books falling off parents’ list of essentials

SchoolNews by Gemma Easton February 23, 2023 IG W has partnered with the Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation (ALNF) to raise funds to support its innovative Breakfast Library program, delivering books
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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

February 23, 2023

Roald Dahl Books are Being Sanitized in New Editions

Bookriot Community Feb 20, 2023 The publisher Puffin has removed or changed hundreds of words in Roald Dahl’s books in new editions to “modernize” them, including Augustus Gloop being described as
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