Dr Kerry Hempenstall responds to the number of complaints about the increased amount of testing which is a common complaint from various countries. Here, Kerry summarises some interesting and important information re the positive effects of testing. He writes: We hear a lot of complaints about the i...

Thanks to Chuck Peters - and the staff, educationalists, community members and children of St. George's for this super, heartwarming video footage: St. George's - Commitment and Consistency https://vimeo.com/178801747?utm_source=email&utm_medium=vimeo-cliptranscode-201504&utm_campaign=29220&...

So what has changed in the three years (minus 1 month) since Mike's book was published?

Now, THAT is the question!

Mike Lloyd-Jones writes about the damage of 'mixed methods' (that is, multi-cueing) in his blog posting: The Reading Wars Redefined http://www.phonicsblog.co.uk/#/blog/4565770755/The-Reading-Wars-Redefined/7880796 ...In my book Phonics and the Resistance to Reading I suggest that perhaps at its hear...

Alison Clarke who was mentioned in the Timna Jack's article in The Age has now written a blog posting referencing the article. Alison explains some background to the misguided belief in the 'multi-cueing' reading strategies - often referred to as the 'three cueing system': http://www.spelfabet.com.a...

Here is some information about the revised roles and responsibilities of Ministers in the Department for Education:

http://schoolsweek.co.uk/gibb-becomes-s ... ign=buffer

Another piece on the battle between different reading instruction approaches by Timna Jacks in 'The Age': Two-thirds of Catholic schools teach ineffective reading program http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/victorian-teachers-score-f-on-literacy-test-20160809-gqoo32.html The 'reading wars' have been r...

Greg Ashman adds his piece to the issues around different types of teaching approaches: 8 reasons to ditch traditional teaching methods https://gregashman.wordpress.com/2016/08/05/8-reasons-to-ditch-traditional-teaching-methods/ I advocate explicit instruction. Explicit instruction takes the traditi...

Pamela Snow responds to the issue of the NAPLAN results and possible causes - the need to look at the 'evidence' that stares us, quite frankly, in the face! NAPLAN and the lost keys http://pamelasnow.blogspot.co.uk ...It is disappointing that teacher educators are not coming out in force calling for...

Yvonne, I think your suggestion is brilliant so I just posted it via the 'Parents Forum', see here: http://www.iferi.org/iferi_forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=633&p=1100#p1100 Fay Tran has written a very clever, very important, and very heartfelt short story for children and adults alike. Every te...