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'We’d have happy children... children who were attending school every day.'

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There is no question that basic reading skills are a necessary component of education.

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We've rounded up a few of the 2022 new releases that fit the summer mood.

The literacy initiative teaching teachers

"Now we know better we are doing better."

Sea change or slow lane? What NZ's new reading strategy means for our kids

The Government has signalled a move toward structured literacy.

NZ's literacy crisis and kids unable to read: 'Teachers ask me: Why weren't we trained in this?'

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My son couldn't read - now I know why: Inside NZ's falling literacy crisis

NZ used to be 'one of the most literate nations on earth'. What happened?

More consistent teaching needed in reading, maths, says govt report

"Every single teacher" needs same idea for teaching literacy and numeracy, minister says.