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The never ending revolving door of failure, our education revolution has produced continues and no one cares enough to be honest about the problem IMO.

Teach them about sexuality and culture, but let's forget about maths, reading and science, as if they will need those abilities. :roflmao:


[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-11/grattan-institute-reading-report/103446606[/URL]


  • In short: A Grattan Institute report says one third of Australia's 4 million school children are being failed by an education system that persists with discredited theories to teach reading.
  • Students lacking reading skills are more likely to fall behind, disrupt class and end up unemployed or jailed, coming at an estimated cost to the economy of $40 billion over their lifetimes, the report concluded.
  • What's next? Governments and school systems are being urged to commit to what's known as "structured literacy", a mix of direct instruction and phonics.


The Grattan Institute's Reading Guarantee report calls this a "preventable tragedy" caused by persisting with teaching styles popular at universities, but "contrary to science" and discredited by inquiries in all major English-speaking countries.


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