Functional skills are no longer a requirement for adults, but Heather Akehurst says functional skills should still play a key ...

Schools can also use Hihira Weteoro, a purpose-built phonics check to understand how a child’s reading and oral language learning through te reo Māori. Checks will happen at 20, 40 and 55 weeks of ...

It takes the opposite approach to whole language – theorising that learning ... "If they've got the good foundation, the ...

Japan ranked either first or second in all three categories—literacy, numeracy and adaptive problem-solving skills—of an international survey of adult skills. The Organization for Economic ...