Four Corners

There’s no more precious resource in Australia than our children. Equipping them with the reading and writing skills to face the future is vital, not only for their own success but for the nation's prosperity. Alarmingly, a number of test results and international benchmarks indicate some of our children are slipping behind in the key area of literacy. Four Corners examines the way reading and writing is being taught in our schools to find out what is going wrong.

Since 1961, this program has served the public interest by exposing scandals, triggering inquiries, firing debate and confronting taboos. The award-winning program is internationally recognised for excellence in journalism.

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