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Rikke Louise Bundgaard-Nielsen, Teaching Associate, The University of Melbourne

'That is the language they understand': why Indigenous students need bilingual teaching at school

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Last month, the federal government released the annual Closing the Gap data.

According to the report, 34.3% of Indigenous preschoolers were starting school developmentally on track, compared to almost 55% of non-Indigenous Australian students as of 2021.

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