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How a love of books turned this school’s NAPLAN results around

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Elsternwick Primary School’s journey from NAPLAN laggard to superstar started with a simple goal: instil a love of reading in the kids.

Over the seven years Michael Portaro has been principal, that love of books as permeated every aspect of school life and even, strangely, had a positive effect on numeracy.

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Julie Hare is the Education editor. She has more than 20 years’ experience as a writer, journalist and editor. Connect with Julie on Twitter. Email Julie at julie.hare@afr.com
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