Shop and learn – how the Boxing Day sales could help your child’s literacy and numeracy skills

As families flock to the Boxing Day sales, literacy and numeracy experts have provided tips on how to turn shopping trips ...
The Conversation

Testing teachers’ basic literacy and numeracy skills is pointless

Stewart Riddle does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
The Conversation

Preschool and childcare have little impact on a child’s later school test scores

Brian Byrne has received funding from the Australian Research Council and the US National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development Callie Little does not work for, consult, own shares in or ...
Science Daily

Creativity boosts standardized literacy and numeracy test scores: Australia

A groundbreaking study shows that creativity plays an essential role in academic success, suggesting that students who think outside the box are more likely to excel in literacy and numeracy ...
Northern Territory News

Boosting Literacy and Numeracy Plan: NT public schools go back to basics

NT public schools will focus on getting back to basics under a new plan aiming to improve the dire state of literacy and numeracy in the Territory. SEE THE DETAILS. The “Boosting Literacy and Numeracy ...
The Jamaica Observer

A way forward: Improving numeracy and literacy

THE recent release of CXC results has painted a concerning picture of educational outcomes in the core Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) subjects of mathematics and English across the ...
Opinion

Readers’ letters: The SNP is marking its own education homework

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is now part of Scots Law. Articles 12 and 14 enshrine a child’s right to be heard and to freedom of religion and belief. Furthermore, polling shows ...