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In a world where screens compete for every spare moment, getting boys to pick up a book can feel like an uphill battle. Yet reading is still one of the most powerful tools for building academic success and a lifelong love of learning. The good news? With the right approach, you can help your son…

No real surprises here, but still a worthwhile read. This latest Education Review article explores how social media can have both positive and negative impacts on young people’s wellbeing. Issues with social media start to rise when it is used heavily and passively, like for ‘doom scrolling’. (Credit to Erin Morley, 7th April, 2026) Young…

Sharing from The Australian over the weekend: Boys are falling further behind girls at school, triggering a parliamentary inquiry into the growing gender gap in education as decades of affirmative action sees girls leapfrogging into university. Federal Education Minister Jason Clare will announce the inquiry into “factors driving educational attainment’’, with a focus on boys’ struggles…

Sharing this insightful article from Menios Constantinou’s interview with Laura Scholes (an Associate Professor researching literacy at ACU) on challenging masculinities associated with boys’ failure in reading. “I love to read,” says Jack, a year four boy at a primary school in an economically marginalised town in regional Australia. “My best friends love reading ……

Surveyed caregivers said enrolled children developed a strong love of books and reading Dolly Parton’s book charity, which delivers free books to underprivileged children, has increased literacy outcomes, an international study found. The globally renowned singer-songwriter started her Imagination Library in 1995 in honour of her father, who couldn’t read or write. Today, the program…

I am one of the growing number of educational researchers who are concerned that schools and even preschools are trying to teach boys to read and write too soon.  Starting boys on these concepts too soon can be one of the causes for the negative attitudes boys develop toward reading and writing, and even school….

The Decline in Volitional Reading report, released last month from the National Institute of Education in Singapore, has been published in response to a global downward trend in young people’s engagement with reading. Alongside international data from both the PiRLS1 (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) and PISA2, recent Australian data has shown that one in…

I think that you’ll find this interesting – an article from the New York Times (by Claire Cain Miller) on why boys seem to be on the backfoot from the start.  I have definitely witnessed Prep becoming more academic. If you’d prefer to listen to the article, click below:  Why Boys Are Behind in School…

The federal opposition has called on the government to hold a parliamentary inquiry into boys’ education as the education gap between girls and boys continues to grow. Read article from Education Review below ~ Opposition spokesman calls for inquiry into boys’ education The new opposition education spokesman said he was worried boys could be “left…

Recently I opened the International Reading Conference in the UK.  As a testament to my work around boys’ literacy, we were featured in the International Publishing House Twinkl! Read below ~ Literacy specialist, Tanya Grambower, challenges misconceptions around literacy and boys. How to reignite boys’ passion for reading       Check out our blogs…