Ditching the teaching method may cost NSW schools accreditation. Universities in NSW must teach phonics to student teachers or risk losing accreditation, the state’s education minister has ordered. “Phonics is a key skill in the teaching of reading,” NSW education ...

At this stage, teachers and independent schools are on board with the government as restructuring proposals near legislation. By Dallas Bastian. The NSW government is moving ahead with plans to restructure the way education is administered in the state, as ...