New online learning community a major step for inclusive education

Chelsea Channing

By Chelsea Channing
Published June 29, 2020

In the average Australian classroom, at least three children have a learning difficulty or neurodevelopmental disability.

With an increasing body of evidence to suggest these students, as well as their peers, do better learning together in ...

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