Expanded 'explicit' teaching reform to bring NT students 'back to basics'

NT adopts $14.2m explicit teaching plan - Education Review

Northern Territory public schools will focus on getting “back to basics” under a new $14.2 million plan aiming to improve the dire state of literacy and numeracy in the NT. The Boosting Literacy and Numeracy plan will see all NT Government schools embrace an explicit teaching approach to teaching reading and maths, following NSW. The federal education minister has also said he would back more explicit teaching in the upcoming national curriculum…

Expanded 'explicit' teaching reform to bring NT students 'back to basics'

The ”explicit” teaching program is being expanded across the territory after “great” successes. Photo: Northern Territory Government. The Northern Territory’s CLP Government has delivered on an election commitment to reform the education system in the state through a new Boosting Literacy and Numeracy Plan. Under the new regimen, all NT government schools will utilise an evidence-based approach to education with a focus on the “explicit” teachin…