Foundation for Learning and Literacy

A new Ambassador video has been added to our 2025 Symposium this month making six under the theme of We all like a good story-imagine the possibilities. In her video, Merrki Ganambarr-Stubbs, a teacher in north-east Arnhem Land, talks about how important it is that...

SchoolNews October 2025 by Shannon Meyerkort The McKell Institute’s new report, Freeing Teachers to Teach, argues that Australia’s education reforms must focus on reducing teacher administrative workloads—not centralising lesson planning. “The report responds to the...

The Educator 31 October 2025 Australia’s education system is on the cusp of major changes, with the federal and state governments agreeing to a raft of reforms aimed at making schools fairer, better funded, and more effective. At the recent Education Ministers...

Australia Reads n our Understanding Australian Readers research report, behavioural scientists at Monash University broke down the act of reading into a series of behaviours: from finding and choosing books, to actually starting and continuing to read, to reflecting...

SMH November 12, 2025 Jane Sullivan Of course there are already many awards for children’s books, but none carry quite the same prestige or attract the same hype as the Booker. This new prize, to be launched in 2026 and awarded every year from 2027, will offer £50,000...

SchoolNews Gemma Easton October 2025 The challenges teachers face in the classroom each day are well-reported—the struggle for student attention, the challenge of genuine connection, and the need to create novel, engaging experiences. While screen-based learning and a...