Ric Innes
Ric Innes learnt to read English 75 years ago. Since then he has learnt to read six other languages, some with non-Latin scripts. He likes to apply logical reasoning to public policy issues, but is always intrigued to follow the money.
Ric Innes learnt to read English 75 years ago. Since then he has learnt to read six other languages, some with non-Latin scripts. He likes to apply logical reasoning to public policy issues, but is always intrigued to follow the money.
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21 September 2023
Conjuring up panic about teaching reading
Magicians regularly use distraction to trick us into perceiving one thing while another is happening. Politicians use similar tricks to signal concern about public policy problems. Recently there has been an organised campaign to get us to believe that NAPLAN literacy results can all be explained by differences in the methods used to teach reading.