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Elena Pasquini Douglas

February

Federal Education Minister Jason Clare said there was a serious reading gap between children from wealthy and poor families.

No, minister – the reading wars are not over

Jason Clare has embraced evidence-based reading instruction, but the Australian school curriculum is holding our education system back.

July 2023

Jason Clare speaks with teachers and students as part of a ministerial reference group meeting on Friday.

Time that teachers were taught properly too

For two generations, Australian teachers have been sent into classrooms without the knowledge on how humans learn, how to run their classrooms or how to lead learning.

December 2022

 It is the actual cognitive skills developed by schooling that matter not the number of years in school, a point federal education minister Jason Clare should note.

Get primary school right to reverse Australia’s educational slide

When it comes to the economy, universities capture the attention. But it is the learning in the early years of school that drive growth and productivity.

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