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December 6, 2022

‘A life changing experience’: how adult literacy programs can keep First Nations people out of the criminal justice system

Jack Beetson, University of New England; Melanie Schwartz, UNSW , and Pat Anderson, Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education

After participation in the Literacy for Life Foundation adult literacy campaign, serious offences by students dropped by almost 65%.

In some Aboriginal communities, over 50% of adults say they do not have the literacy they need for everyday tasks. Literacy for Life Foundation/Adam Sharman

June 8, 2017

To lift literacy levels among Indigenous children, their parents’ literacy skills must be improved first

Bob Boughton, University of New England and Jack Beetson, University of New England

The children who are least likely to attend school regularly – and do well – grow up in households where the adults themselves have very poor literacy skills.

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