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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Sarah Lansdown

Parents share the heartbreak and cost of children failing to learn to read

Stephanie Sleen got a message from her son's teacher midway through year 1 that made her stomach drop.

The teacher said she was proud of the work he had done, writing a story about a giraffe and lion. The sentence he wrote was: "EPBPbxgbnop THo TBHoT Oo."

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