Get primary school right to reverse Australia’s educational slide
When it comes to the economy, universities capture the attention. It is learning in the early years of schooling that are the true drivers of economic growth and productivity.
There’s been a distinct improvement in the quality of the national conversation about the best measures to turn around the steady decline of outcomes in Australia’s schools.
Providing teachers with strong classroom management skills, evidence-based reading instruction, ambitious curriculum with classroom-ready materials, improved writing instruction and better responses to boys falling behind have been highlighted.
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Elena Douglas is the CEO of Knowledge Society which works with education systems to improve school performance and a Director of education charity, Primary Focus Ltd.
