A ministerial working group is charged with identifying what knowledge matters in secondary school English. But we need a national conversation about what that means in a modern, multicultural society.
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Book publishing is starting to take note of calls for inclusivity and diversity. A new imprint, Salaam Reads, may finally help educators round out their inadequate classroom reading lists.
For the first time since 1911, students in NSW can now complete Year 12 without having read a novel or poetry.
Do English texts stay the same over the decades because there are no good modern books? Or because the process of selecting new books is just too hard?
The National Curriculum Review was released this week, with the reviewers calling for a greater focus on “Western” literature in the English classroom. As former high school and primary English teachers…
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