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National's education spokesperson on bringing back structured literacy

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 8 Sep 2023, 5:36pm
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National's education spokesperson on bringing back structured literacy

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 8 Sep 2023, 5:36pm

National's released more of its education policy today.

If it wins the election, it will require primary schools to teach every single child how to reach using structured literacy.

It's basically a return to phonics, instead of the whole language approach used for the last 50 years.

Education spokesperson Erica Stanford joined Heather du Plessis-Allan.

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