http://www.mamamia.com.au/too-many-of-a ... -about-it/Too many Australian kids can’t read properly — here’s what we need to do about it.
Dr Jennifer Buckingham
I'm cross-referencing this thread with one dedicated to the work of Dr Jennifer Buckingham - a pioneer for systematic synthetic phonics and the five pillars of literacy embedded in the 'Five from Five' initiative...
http://www.iferi.org/iferi_forum/viewto ... ?f=3&t=496
Dr Jennifer Buckingham is a member of IFERI's Advisory Group and you can read about her work here:
http://www.iferi.org/advisory-group/