There is a serious literacy problem with senior school English students, according to leading Australian educationalist Dr Kevin Donnelly. Is there a literacy problem with senior school English students? Not so, according to Mark Howie, head of the English Teachers Association NSW. In a paper posted on the Australian Association for the Teaching of English’s website, under Latest News, Howie argues the literacy crisis is a media beat-up and that critics’ concerns “have no basis in fact”.Never mi…
