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    • Professor Sharon Goldfeld

    Deputy Director, Centre for Community Child Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and the University of Melbourne

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    Health & Medicine

    Should schools close during the COVID-19 pandemic?

    As the pandemic rages in countries around the world, many wonder whether schools should stay open or close down. Victoria’s COVID-19 experience may prove helpful in that decision making

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    Education

    Finding the fundamentals of reading

    An independent evaluation by researchers finds that an intensive phonics-based intervention program for students struggling to read can improve foundational skills

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    Health & Medicine

    More maternal and child health nurse visits help mothers and babies thrive

    Increasing the number of maternal and child health nurse visits to new mothers facing adversity can significantly improve parenting and maternal wellbeing

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