Encore: the teacher who turned non-readers into literacy superstars

Podcast: Conversations · ABC Australia

Opublikowano: 2026-10-29

When school principal Manisha Gazula changed how her students were learning to read, she began an entirely new system which made her an icon of literacy learning. Manisha Gazula is the principal of Marsden Road Public School in the outer south-western suburbs of Sydney. When Manisha first came to the school, less than three per cent of its students were proficient in English reading and writing, which severely limited their options in life. This was for many reasons - some children had never seen a book or held a pencil until they were t...