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Early childhood poverty is in fact a risk factor for lower educational attainment, poorer cognition and worse mental health.
A new study looked at NAPLAN results in reading and numeracy and tracked the same students all the way from from Year 3 to Year 9.
The late American writer was drawn towards death and apocalypse, tet to read his work is also to be exhilarated and enlightened.
Reading fluency and expanding vocabulary are the bridge from decoding to comprehension. Weaknesses in any of these building blocks will limit a child’s ability to read for meaning.
The road to becoming a champion speller is made easier with support from family and friends, but ultimately it depends on an individual student’s commitment to learning, a scholar writes.
Girls don’t just outperform boys when it comes to reading skills. They also say they like reading more than their male counterparts.
Political will is key to tackling pupils’ literacy struggles.
There is something truly ineffable about art in its metaphysical otherness.
These interventions have the potential to boost South African children’s literacy.
A major international test has found about 80% of students have “more than elementary” skills in reading comprehension. This is the same result Australian students recorded in 2016.
Called your ‘inner voice,’ it develops along with your reading skills.
Solitude is chosen, not thrust upon you.
Reading is “sexy”. Maybe it’s because watching someone read exerts a fascination on the beholder, be it St. Ambrose or Marilyn Monroe.
Our research showed reading as a teenager was a stronger indicator of curiosity than, say, their mathematical ability.
Science fiction has always been good at predicting distant futures and now governments are turning to them to ward off possible threats.
With the proliferation of social media platforms, smart devices and apps, the demands on our attention have never been greater. But how is this affecting our ability to process and retain information?
The ‘back to basics’ debate over curriculum policy obscures what teachers say they really need: clear guidelines and benchmarks of progress.
An uncompromising writer who wrote about the dark and light of postwar Japan
Bloody games where there can be only winner critique the ‘winner takes all’ mentality fostered under capitalism.
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