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- Sat Feb 27, 2016 12:56 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: The multi-cueing reading strategies and 'Is reading about getting meaning from print?'
- Replies: 8
- Views: 26547
The multi-cueing reading strategies and 'Is reading about getting meaning from print?'
Bruce Deitrick Price describes some historical background to 'getting meaning from print' and the 'white noise' that this concept brings to the reader: http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/02/is_reading_about_getting_meaning_from_print.html#.VtCaG-_Dl0Q.facebook Is Reading about 'Getting Mea...
- Thu Feb 25, 2016 5:08 pm
- Forum: Around the World: News and Events
- Topic: USA: How to fix reading in the era of ESSA
- Replies: 0
- Views: 6210
USA: How to fix reading in the era of ESSA
Thanks to the Thomas B. Fordham Institute for this piece by Robert Pondiscio: http://edexcellence.net/articles/how-to-fix-reading-in-the-era-of-essa?platform=hootsuite How to fix reading in the era of ESSA In the past two decades, something extraordinary has happened with very little fanfare: The re...
- Thu Feb 25, 2016 11:08 am
- Forum: Around the World: News and Events
- Topic: India: Heartwarming story about enterprise - 'PhonicKids'
- Replies: 0
- Views: 6075
India: Heartwarming story about enterprise - 'PhonicKids'
http://techstory.in/phonickids/
One Of The Biggest Learning Of My Entrepreneurial Journey Is That ‘Nothing Is Impossible’ – Shainaz Jussa of Phonickids.com
- Wed Feb 24, 2016 8:12 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: If Bill Gates (USA) and Nick Gibb (England) really want to help education
- Replies: 16
- Views: 96674
Re: If Bill Gates (USA) and Nick Gibb (England) really want to help education
Now here's a turn-up for the books, David Brown HMI, has just tweeted this comment which is very pertinent to this thread - so why is the EEF ploughing millions of pounds into the area? @Jack_Marwood @HarfordSean In the north east 91% of primary schools are good or outstanding #GoodNewsUpNorth ;-). ...
- Wed Feb 24, 2016 7:23 pm
- Forum: Parent Forum
- Topic: Reading aloud to children, more than talking, builds literacy
- Replies: 0
- Views: 7678
Reading aloud to children, more than talking, builds literacy
This is a good article thanks to 'EdSource': http://edsource.org/2015/study-says-reading-aloud-to-children-more-than-talking-builds-literacy/82045 Study says reading aloud to children, more than talking, builds literacy By Susan Frey | July 8, 2015 Massaro said the limited vocabulary in ordinary, in...
- Wed Feb 24, 2016 5:35 pm
- Forum: Around the World: News and Events
- Topic: England: For interest, 2016 teacher assessment exemplification for Key Stage 1 English writing, & KS 2 developments
- Replies: 9
- Views: 15865
Re: England: For general interest, 2016 teacher assessment exemplification for Key Stage 1 English writing
Here is an open letter to Nicky Morgan, Secretary of State for Education, about the expected standards for Year 6 in England: One primary teacher's open letter to the government: 'The standards expected are now untenable' Emily Gazzard 24th February 2016 https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking...
- Wed Feb 24, 2016 5:16 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: If Bill Gates (USA) and Nick Gibb (England) really want to help education
- Replies: 16
- Views: 96674
Re: If Bill Gates (USA) and Nick Gibb (England) really want to help education
With reference to a Twitter conversation about Reading Recovery, Susan Godsland drew attention to Professor Diane McGuinness's comments re a particular RR report. You have to scroll right down to see Diane's comments but, whilst reading them, I thought how relevant they are to the issues I have rais...
- Wed Feb 24, 2016 3:43 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Update page for the Year One Phonics Screening Check - IFERI recommends global use of the phonics check
- Replies: 11
- Views: 20498
Re: Update page for the Year One Phonics Screening Check - IFERI recommends global use of the phonics check
Here is the link direct to England's statutory 2015 Year One Phonics Screening Check - provided 'free' for others to use:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... erials.pdf
How would your class do?
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... erials.pdf
How would your class do?
- Wed Feb 24, 2016 12:27 pm
- Forum: Around the World: News and Events
- Topic: USA links with England: Joel Klein and the reading debate
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11455
Re: USA links with England: Joel Klein and the reading debate
Just as an aside - here is notification of the vacancy for Her Majesty's Chief Inspector!
https://publicappointments.cabinetoffic ... es-skills/
https://publicappointments.cabinetoffic ... es-skills/
- Wed Feb 24, 2016 11:13 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: If Bill Gates (USA) and Nick Gibb (England) really want to help education
- Replies: 16
- Views: 96674
Re: If Bill Gates (USA) and Nick Gibb (England) really want to help education
There is growing interest in this topic. I received an email yesterday from someone who captured the issue very succinctly thus: "the corporate march forwards with ‘interventions’ in the absence of ensuring that we have quality systematic synthetic phonics mainstream provision," and "...