School readiness report launch
Prof Sue Dockett, Prof Bob Perry, and Emma Kearney attended the launch of the issues paper they prepared for the Closing the Gap Clearinghouse (a COAG initiative funded by all Australian Governments) on 31 May. Their issues paper investigated school readiness for Indigenous Australian children. 'Feedback about our issues paper is that it has been well received, with many Indigenous organisations linking it to their websites,- Prof Dockett advised. Prof Perry, with local Wiradjuri community member, Leonie McIntosh, recently presented a keynote address about the project to the 2010 Dare to Lead conference, focusing on Indigenous perspectives in the national curriculum. Prof Dockett will also present a workshop at the Australian College of Educators conference in July.