I find it so ironic and tragic that the English language is the most widely used language and yet we have had to endure a long-lasting reading debate (known as the 'reading wars') regarding how best to teach reading and spelling in the English language - the very reason for the existence of the IFER...

Do read this signed, collective letter to the Lindbergh Board - you may want to follow this example: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17PZ1w1TEjcSZnlhCCnyAld6rF3X3pdNjTpOhPE4YuD8/mobilebasic?fbclid=IwAR3I96TwkE4ijquIqV3QzuZN835CUv3EjmrH8FWVjZRIplGfTeVbTyaufEo November 5, 2019 Members of the School...

Thanks to Tom Bennett for flagging up this helpful document via Twitter: Explaining the science of learning to teachers https://www.ambition.org.uk/blog/explaining-science-learning-teachers/ Harry Fletcher-Wood introduces The Learning Curriculum 2.0 – a revised version of his guide for teacher educa...

Here is another thread featuring the 2019 Ofsted Framework for Inspection:

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Gill Jones' post refers to the 'Bold Beginnings' report (2017) that was quite controversial in the early years sector.

Here is the link to the report and responses to it:

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November 2019, Deputy Director for Early Childhood, Gill Jones, writes an important post about inspection focusing on a 'deep dive' into early reading instruction and its outcomes for all children:

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We are truly lucky in England as our statutory National Curriculum for English for Key Stage One (infants) and Key Stage Two (juniors) is based on the Simple View of Reading model, and the latest 2019 Inspection Framework makes it very clear that systematic synthetic phonics provision is expected to...

Here is the video footage of the hearing on 30th October 2019:

https://twitter.com/anneglennie/status/ ... 7299615744

Here is the latest update (30th October 2019) regarding Anne Glennie's petition:

https://twitter.com/anneglennie/status/ ... 9948047366

Blogger Stephen Parker goes to great trouble, yet again, to review a guidance book potentially causing teachers to adopt very poor teaching methods in their classrooms in America: https://www.parkerphonics.com/post/a-review-of-the-reading-strategies-book A Review of "The Reading Strategies Book...