Low literacy levels are a common contributing factor in Australia’s homeless population. We asked people who have experienced homelessness how poor literacy affected their lives – and what would help.
We studied an innovative mentorship program that pairs specialist music teachers with early childhood educators to bring quality music programs into schools.
Bilingual education could be the key to improving outcomes in Cote d'Ivoire.
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Research shows the brain processes language as if it’s music, which helps explain the link between music education and gains in literacy. Unfortunately, not all states have heeded the evidence.
A burned library at Kabul University after a deadly attack in Kabul, November 2020.
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My friend, with whom I co-founded a library in Mazar-i-Sharif, tells me books are like lights. With no one visiting the library and opening books, ‘the lights are off.’
Parents nurture their child’s development when they tell stories and have conversations with them.
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A major survey shows learning to read for pleasure can help children and their communities in many ways, but the field remains under-studied and under-resourced.
Children can help make grocery lists and confirm the parent has bought everything on the list.
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Grocery shopping and family meals are prime opportunities to build reading and math skills – particularly for young Latino children, a new study finds.
Nearly 80% of high school students struggle to verify the credibility of a source, a 2016 study found.
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The number of school librarians in the US has dropped about 20% over the past decade, a recent study found. Here are four ways school librarians prepare students for today’s world.
Standard English is but one of a myriad ways of speaking the English language. No child should be penalised for speaking another
Moments of intimate playing, learning and teaching are among the ways that
immigrant parents extend and expand their home languages with their children.
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When schools honour and learn from immigrant parents’ knowledge, they support more opportunities to enhance young children’s linguistic, cultural and social experiences.
A spinning wall puzzle helps kids develop spatial skills and understand how different objects relate to one another.
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A parliamentary inquiry is looking into how to improve literacy levels among Australian adults. But the government can act now to make some information and services more accessible.
Without urgent action, short-term learning losses could stunt the next generation of students for a lifetime.
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A new understanding of the importance of Grade 1 is beginning to change writing education. If your child is missing important basic skills, talk with your child’s teacher to create a plan.
Focusing on socio-emotional skills such as grit may help more children succeed in school.
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Research shows that grit is a strong predictor of reading achievement. This suggests that socio-emotional skills are important for student achievement, even in high-poverty contexts.
Students arrive at Dartmouth High School in Dartmouth, N.S., on Sept. 8, 2020.
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A policy of “choice” for full-time online schooling would weaken public education, erode funding for in-classroom supports and drive those who can afford it to private education.
Lockdown life accelerated the role of digital technology in the virtual classroom, but there is still no substitute for physical books in children’s lives and learning.
A holistic approach to growing children’s vocabulary could mean reading children stories about bears from fairy tales, science books and the news.
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One way to help children learn the words they need to thrive academically is by reading aloud from books and news sources that use both narrative and expository writing.
Professor, Canada Research Chair in Determinants of Child Development, Owerko Centre at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary