Jennifer writes via X:

ACT expert panel report on literacy and numeracy is out and represents a significant shift for the ACT public school system.

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Jennifer writes,

'ACT expert panel report on literacy and numeracy is out and represents a significant shift for the ACT public school system.'

https://twitter.com/buckingham_j/status ... 5073651995

Mark Seidenberg shares his thoughts, his worries and his suggestions via his blog: About the science in “The Science of Reading” March 2023 https://seidenbergreading.net/2023/03/31/about-the-science-in-the-science-of-reading/ I was recently in a group zoom meeting (a groom? a zoup?) with some educat...

Anne Glennie was the accompanying 'friend' to Dr Gillian Evans who submitted a formal complaint for the failure to teach her dyslexic son, Thomas, in Scottish schools. Read what happened: https://hepplewhite.org/2023/06/22/dr-gillian-evans-writes-all-learners-in-scotland-matter-no-they-dont-and-gill...

Why we're failing to build the knowledge students need AMY HAYWOOD AND JORDANA HUNTER, The Australian, DECEMBER 15, 2023 Every child who goes to school should learn to read. Australia is failing on this measure. The latest OECD Programme for International Student Assessment assessment of 15-year-ol...

Thank you to Yvonne Meyer for flagging up this article in The Australian : Content reboot for teacher training Natasha Bita Drastic changes to teacher training will force universities to cover “core content”, such as teaching children to read and master mathematics, in reforms ordered by the nation’...

The Department for Education (DfE) in England has released the statutory Year 1 phonics screening check results: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-1-and-phonics-screening-check-attainment/2022-23 These results are better than the 2022 results although they...

Here is a good interview of American journalist, Emily Hanford, visiting New Zealand where awareness for the need for 'structured literacy' which includes explicit phonics teaching is discussed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLP_KJ1ztDU Hopefully, this marks New Zealand moving away from Marie Clay...

Thank you to Harriett for this reference: There is a 4-minute review of Reading Recovery research at 19:00. 5: What's the Deal With Whole Language? A Novel Idea: The History of the Science of Reading Whole language is one of the most talked about developments in literacy instruction in the past seve...

Here is the link to a thread featuring a number of international reviews of the Reading Recovery programme:

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