A Manawatū educator's fresh approach is helping teachers become better equipped to turn children into good readers. Liz Kane, who runs Liz Kane Literacy, is working in schools in the region and across the country to help teachers better teach children to read, write and spell. READ MORE: Giving teachers tools to deal with dyslexia"More and more teachers are concerned with the high number of children who are struggling to learn to read and are seeking evidence-based research and that's where I come in. "I'm teaching the teachers so they can teach their students in a more explicit and systematic approach." "Twenty-five per cent of kids are failing and they're going to turn into secondary school kids and they're going to turn into adults."

Source: Stuff February 10, 2019 05:15 UTC