Reading Recovery: NSW government ditches 30-year-old, $55m a year program

By Eryk Bagshaw
Updated October 15 2016 - 11:13am, first published September 22 2016 - 2:03am
Preschoolers learning to read. Photo: Jason South
Preschoolers learning to read. Photo: Jason South

The NSW government has abandoned a $55-million-a-year program that teaches students to read, 10 months after a damning review found the program that has been used in up to 960 schools for more than 30 years does not work.

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