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What my students taught me about reading: old books hold new insights for the digital generation

Last year, 2019, saw the first cohort of students who were born in or beyond 2000 – the so-called digital…

4 years ago

Old white men dominate school English booklists. It’s time more Australian schools taught Australian books

Concerns grow amid revelations Sydney University has withdrawn funding from its Chair of Australian Literature – the nation’s first.

4 years ago

Why every child needs explicit phonics instruction to learn to read

40% of children manage to learn to read without explicit and systematic phonics instruction due to a confluence of biological…

4 years ago

Back to basics: students to focus on maths, English and science

The NSW school curriculum is set for its first major shakeup in over a generation, with a renewed focus on…

5 years ago

Book it in: Australian Reading Hour has arrived

Stanton’s author talk is among more than 140 events happening across the country involving more than 50 authors.

5 years ago

Who wrote Australia’s first published novel?

And three other influential first figures in Aussie literature for book enthusiasts during Book Week. 

6 years ago

Are you more Miss Trunchbull or Albus Dumbledore?

It's coming up to World Book Day, so let's find out. Somehow, the nuanced human experience of a teacher slides…

6 years ago

Awesome Aussie women to teach kids about on #InternationalWomensDay

Today marks International Women's Day, so here's some groundbreaking, history-making Australian heroines that could slot right into your lesson plan... 

6 years ago

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