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Petition launched to save teacher-librarians as student performance falters - ABC News
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (950+ words) Qualified school library staff have long been considered vital by researchers to good literacy results among students. (ABC News: Rebecca Carmody) A petition to mandate teacher-librarian roles in schools is attracting strong support. It comes after national studies show an…...
Fewer kids open books for fun, prompting calls for national reading strategy
1+ week, 1+ day ago (762+ words) Every night in Australia, one in four children do not get a bedtime story. (ABC News: Grace Whiteside) A study into post-pandemic after-school activities has shown less children are reading for fun. Experts say it is not all bad news…...
The Matter of Facts: Deep reading
1+ week, 6+ day ago (44+ words) ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation Date of broadcast: 24 Mar 2026 ABC Education brings you high-quality educational content to use at home and in the classroom. All our resources are free and mapped to the Australian Curriculum....
Dolly Parton's passion for children's reading reached Australia
2+ week, 4+ day ago (74+ words) Dolly Parton at the launch of Imagination Library, her children's literacy scheme at the Magna Science Adventure Centre in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. (Getty: Rui Vieira) Country Music legend Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80. One of her biggest…...
Dolly Parton leaves a legacy to children's literacy with her Imagination Library - ABC News
2+ week, 5+ day ago (616+ words) Dolly Parton reads her book, The Coat of Many Colours, to school children at The Library of Congress in 2018. (Getty: Shannon Finney) While Dolly Parton was known as the Queen of Country, her work improving child literacy rates will be…...
School Libraries
2+ week, 6+ day ago (593+ words) JACK EVANS, REPORTER: Someone once said, `Having fun isn't hard when you've got a library card'. Do you agree with that? CHARLOTTE: Yeah, I feel like that's true. OWEN: I definitely agree, yeah. HAZEL: It is fun, like fun to…...