DyslexiaInfoCanberra

It simply shows how our students, as a whole, are mastering the foundational reading skills essential for lifelong learning. Parents, teachers, and the community deserve access to this public information so we can better support every child’s literacy journey.

The ACT Minister for Education has confirmed the government will never publish the territory‑wide results of the Year 1 Phonics Check. This data is already public in other states and has been for many years. It is not a league table and does not report on individual schools.

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"Aleysha says she’d record all of her classes on her cell phone, then later replay everything her teachers said. She used her laptop’s voice-to-text tool to search the definition of each word, then turned that text into audio she could understand." edition.cnn.com/2025/02/27/us/…

🎧 New today! Sold a Story Episode 12: The Evidence 🎧podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sol…

So looking forward to presenting a day of free PD on reading for schools in the ACT for The Snow Foundation. Thanks to Scarlett Gaffey and Jessica Del Rio for making this happen! The Why, What and How of Teaching Reading Explicitly Tickets, Mon 28/04/2025 at 9:00 am | Eventbrite

A FREE workshop for ACT Public School Teachers will be held on Monday, 28 April with @DrLSHammond. Don't miss it! eventbrite.com.au/e/the-why-what…

We have new episodes of Sold a Story coming on February 20! features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/

@jackie_french_ Nellie

Needed urgently: a name for a fictional heroine. After hundreds of books I am 'named out'. It is 1930, height of the depression Sydney; razor gangs and corruption. She is 20; English Irish background; strong as a stormcloud but doesn't know it. Will give book credit!

@ehanford Thank you for your amazing research. Your 'Sold the Story' reports have helped to change the trajectory of the education landscape in Australia positively. 😌

Happy February! In 20 days, we have new episodes of Sold a Story. features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/

Schools should not adopt 'Building Thinking Classrooms' - an increasingly popular method of maths teaching created by Dr Peter Liljedahl that lacks a credible evidence base and is rooted in ineffective discovery learning, @greg_ashman has warned. educationhq.com/news/dont-buy-…

ministers.education.gov.au/clare/better-a… Media Release: Better and Fairer Schools Agreement

Teenage dropouts a key target in major funding agreement for Australian schools abc.net.au/news/2024-07-3…

“All Victorian state schools will use (systematic synthetic) phonics to teach reading from 2025…. All state schools will use the same teaching method for reading.” abc.net.au/news/2024-06-1…