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When should reading instruction begin?
People sometimes raise the question of when the optimal time is for children to begin to learn to read. This is especially relevant for parents
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Five from Five provides free information and resources on evidence-based reading instruction, under the guidance of The Academy for the Science of Instruction.
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‘Clarity’ leaves schools leaders in the dark on the science of reading
The book Clarity: What matters most in learning, teaching, and leading (Sharratt, 2019) is on the desks of many principals around Australia and elswhere in
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Threading together the science of reading
Research that informs our collective understanding of literacy development is not conducted within one field of science. This is tricky, because it means that researchers
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On porcupines and predictable text: What are predictable texts and why are they a problem?
The problem with predictable text: How many beginning readers can read these words without the aid of repetition and picture clues? The draft revision of
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Open letter to ACARA about the revised Australian Curriculum: English
Emeritus Professor Max Coltheart has prepared a letter to ACARA on behalf of the members of the Developmental Disorders of Language and Literacy (DDoLL) network,
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Curriculum takes backward step on the path to literacy
In the same week that federal education minister Alan Tudge reiterated his aspiration to take Australia back to the top of the international school education
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Education needs to be informed by evidence
Innovation is always on the agenda in education but the COVID pandemic in 2020 made it a top priority. Many schools made a swift and
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Print-to-Speech vs. Speech-to-Print: What these terms mean and why we need both when teaching reading
In the world of reading instruction, the terms print-to-speech and speech-to-print have become confusing and unnecessarily divisive. This is because they have been used to
