Direct link including a short video of this important development: Erica Stanford confirms end of reading recovery programme in schools, doesn't rule out job losses https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2024/05/stanford-confirms-end-of-reading-recovery-programme-in-schools-doesn-t-rule-out-job-los...

This IFERI thread below indicates just some of the concern and ongoing battle for Reading Recovery to be fully understood that it is based on flawed ideas and worrying practices - this has been an international battle indeed: https://iferi.org/iferi_forum/viewtopic.php?t=861 Reading programmes and m...

Outstanding blogger, Professor Pamela Snow, has just announced this latest development via X - the 'end' of Reading Recovery in New Zealand! Pamela writes, NZ Education Minister Erica Stanford has confirmed the end of #ReadingRecovery in NZ schools. This is history in the making & time now for a...

3rd May 2024 - The end of Reading Recovery in New Zealand - flagged up by Professor Pamela Snow: NZ Education Minister Erica Stanford has confirmed the end of #ReadingRecovery in NZ schools. This is history in the making & time now for a true “reading recovery” for NZ children. No child should h...

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.

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

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’...