Why Jaydon Can't Read: The Triumph of Ideology Over Evidence in Teaching Reading (Jennifer Buckingham, Kevin Wheldall and Robyn Beaman-Wheldall, November 2013)

http://www.cis.org.au/images/stories/po ... ingham.pdf

https://theconversation.com/special-exam-arrangements-for-dyslexia-veering-out-of-control-43298 The new GCSE, which will be taught from September 2016, requires students to remember a number of poems and analyse at least one. Mary Meredith, a teacher and blogger who works with pupils with special le...

Dear Lucy, Thank you so much for sharing your story and your family's journey with us. I am so pleased that your research led to a positive outcome and that your son is now reading and able to cope with the demands of secondary school. The detrimental impact of reading difficulties not just on every...

https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/labelling-children-dyslexic-could-hinder-teachers In our recent investigation we surveyed the beliefs of teachers in primary schools in the North-east of England in relation to supporting children who struggle with learning to read. We found that when presented with the ‘...

http://www.iferi.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/DeLemos-2015-How-children-learn-to-read-2.pdf This statement summarizes the basic facts about how children learn to read, and how best to teach them, as supported by current theory and scientific evidence on the processes underlying the acquisition of ...

http://news.stanford.edu/news/2015/may/reading-brain-phonics-052815.html Stanford Professor Bruce McCandliss found that beginning readers who focus on letter-sound relationships, or phonics, increase activity in the area of their brains best wired for reading. Beginning readers who focus on letter-s...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/uk-gap-in-literacy-skills-between-young-people-neither-employed-or-in-education-and-those-in-work-highest-in-western-world-says-study-10277349.html The gap in literacy skills in the UK between young people neither employed or in education an...

http://www.thenational.scot/news/terry-wrigley-the-effect-austerity-has-on-our-pupils-cannot-simply-be-wished-away.3348 An interesting article considering various aspects of the attainment gap in light of the SSLN (Scottish Survey of Literacy and Numeracy) in Scotland and how austerity and poverty i...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-32836733 Teams from Bristol and Newcastle universities carried out eye tests on more than 5,800 children and did not find any differences in the vision of those with dyslexia. This raises doubts about the value of using coloured overlays or lenses to help dyslexic...

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Kevin Wheldall is an Emeritus Professor of Macquarie University. His blog includes reflections on reading, books, education, family, and life in general.