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Elena Pasquini Douglas

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.

Federal Education Minister Jason Clare has declared “the reading wars are over” – but what exactly are the reading wars?

The “reading wars” refer to the debate among education insiders about the best way to teach children to read in the early primary years. This war has been raging for 30 years across the world.

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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.

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