'We destroy lives': Pearson urges schools to use explicit instruction over inquiry

Indigenous activist Noel Pearson spoke at a Catholic Education Canberra Goulburn conference on Monday. Picture by Sitthixay Ditthavong

Indigenous academic and activist Noel Pearson says lives are being destroyed as long as schools favour inquiry-based learning over evidence-backed explicit instruction.

Speaking to a Catholic Education conference in Canberra on Monday, Mr Pearson praised the Canberra Goulburn Catholic school system for its pursuit of explicit instruction based on the science of reading and the science of learning.