Mary-Ruth Mendel

Mary-Ruth Mendel

Co-Founder, Co-Chair and Executive Director of the Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation

Mary-Ruth Mendel is Co-Founder, Co-Chair and Executive Director of the Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation (ALNF) and a Speech and Language Pathologist. ALNF established in 1999, is a national charity dedicated to raising language, literacy and numeracy standards in Australia. ALNF’s seven core programs span from early years learning through to adolescent and adult learning and address the needs of a diverse range of individuals and communities, including Indigenous, disadvantaged, refugee and migrant communities. The Early Language and Literacy Program reaches over 5000 children across five states and territories annually.

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‘Big five’ education challenges: Ensuring all children get the best start in life
‘Big five’ education challenges: Ensuring all children get the best start in life
May 03,2021

The fourth topic in a series revisiting the ‘big five’ challenges in Australian education asks what progress has been made towards ensuring all children get off to the best start in life. Ahead of their webinar this week, expert panellists Dr Dan Cloney, Myra Geddes and Mary-Ruth Mendel give Teacher readers an overview of what they’ll be discussing.
early years, student achievement, literacy, language, intervention, acceleration, long reads