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- Mon Jan 02, 2023 12:07 pm
- Forum: Around the World: News and Events
- Topic: 'How Black activists in Northern Virginia transformed the way children learn to read' in The Washington Post (and more)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 29037
'How Black activists in Northern Virginia transformed the way children learn to read' in The Washington Post (and more)
How Black activists in Northern Virginia transformed the way children learn to read By Sarah Carr December 27, 2022 https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/12/27/phonics-reading-virginia-naacp/ ...In a virtual meeting that March with Fairfax’s school district leaders, Hampton says, she said t...
- Wed Dec 14, 2022 1:53 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: The Reading Wars and Reading Recovery: What Educators, Families, and Taxpayers Should Know
- Replies: 28
- Views: 580466
Re: The Reading Wars and Reading Recovery: What Educators, Families, and Taxpayers Should Know
I don't yet know any details about this development, but the following message was tweeted on 14th December 2022. Slowly, slowly, people are getting the message that they've long since been 'sold a story' - the mantra introduced by US journalist Emily Hanford! https://twitter.com/dublin_parent/statu...
- Tue Dec 13, 2022 9:17 pm
- Forum: Around the World: News and Events
- Topic: USA: Reviews Give Failing Marks to 2 Reading Programs - Fountas & Pinnell's, & Lucy Calkins' + Emily Hanford's reporting
- Replies: 7
- Views: 41794
Re: USA: Reviews Give Failing Marks to 2 Reading Programs - Fountas & Pinnell's, & Lucy Calkins' + Emily Hanford's repor
https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-education/the-rise-and-fall-of-vibes-based-literacy?utm_campaign=falcon_e4bcaa8fba22b6feb7b8c2ec1e5388d1&utm_social-type=owned&utm_medium=social&utm_brand=tny&mbid=social_twitter&utm_source=twitter The Rise and Fall of Vibes-Based Literacy...
- Sat Nov 26, 2022 5:34 pm
- Forum: Helpful Documents & Practical Resources for Busy Teachers & Parents
- Topic: Free training videos and resources featuring the Science of Reading
- Replies: 0
- Views: 78148
Free training videos and resources featuring the Science of Reading
November 2022:
A request viaTwitter for presentations for teachers featuring the Science of Reading has led to many free, accessible videos and free resources so I thought this was well worth sharing here:
https://twitter.com/LudwigMeg/status/15 ... 5720347648
Enjoy!
A request viaTwitter for presentations for teachers featuring the Science of Reading has led to many free, accessible videos and free resources so I thought this was well worth sharing here:
https://twitter.com/LudwigMeg/status/15 ... 5720347648
Enjoy!
- Wed Nov 23, 2022 3:48 pm
- Forum: Around the World: News and Events
- Topic: Eng: Various appointed Secretaries of State for Education from July 5 2022
- Replies: 3
- Views: 30460
Re: Eng: Various appointed Secretaries of State for Education from July 5 2022
There has been huge political turmoil in the UK, and now at the time of posting this message, Rishi Sunak is the new Prime Minister replacing Liz Truss who was the PM only for a matter of weeks. Rishi Sunak has re-appointed Nick Gibb and Robert Halfon which is a very interesting development. It is d...
- Tue Nov 22, 2022 10:12 am
- Forum: Around the World: News and Events
- Topic: USA: Reviews Give Failing Marks to 2 Reading Programs - Fountas & Pinnell's, & Lucy Calkins' + Emily Hanford's reporting
- Replies: 7
- Views: 41794
Re: USA: Reviews Give Failing Marks to 2 Reading Programs - Fountas & Pinnell's, & Lucy Calkins' + Emily Hanford's repor
Read about the fantastic development in the US of parents fighting back in response to publishers' and academics' resistance to, and complaint of, Emily Hanford's 'Sold a Story' series. The link below is from the IFERI's 'Parent Forum': 21 November 2022 The Parent Response to "Opinion: A call f...
- Tue Nov 22, 2022 10:04 am
- Forum: Parent Forum
- Topic: US: Parents fight back - open letter 'response to opinion' of objections to Emily Hanford's 'Sold a Story' series
- Replies: 0
- Views: 60689
US: Parents fight back - open letter 'response to opinion' of objections to Emily Hanford's 'Sold a Story' series
At the time of posting this parents' letter - with its growing number of signatories - journalist Emily Hanford's series ' Sold a Story ' is causing quite a stir in the United States. Bearing in mind that we have an international community, ripples of this development are travelling around the world...
- Tue Nov 01, 2022 3:05 pm
- Forum: Around the World: News and Events
- Topic: USA: Reviews Give Failing Marks to 2 Reading Programs - Fountas & Pinnell's, & Lucy Calkins' + Emily Hanford's reporting
- Replies: 7
- Views: 41794
Re: USA: Reviews Give Failing Marks to Two Popular Reading Programs - Fountas & Pinnell's, and Lucy Calkins'
Journalist, Emily Hanford, provides podcasts featuring the challenges faced in the USA to achieve research-informed instruction in all schools for all children: Sold a Story https://features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/ Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong There's an idea about how ...
- Sun Oct 16, 2022 10:47 pm
- Forum: Research and Recommended Reading
- Topic: Responses to Bowers' claim that SSP is not well-evidenced by Jennifer Buckingham + others
- Replies: 5
- Views: 53520
Re: Responses to Bowers' claim that SSP is not well-evidenced by Jennifer Buckingham + others
Here is a later response by Greg Ashman: Motivated Reading and other peculiarities A coda to "Structured Word Inquiry fails a key test" https://fillingthepail.substack.com/p/motivated-reading-and-other-peculiarities ...Structured Word Inquiry is profoundly weird. Its proponents repeatedly ...
- Sat Oct 08, 2022 11:35 am
- Forum: Around the World: News and Events
- Topic: Victoria, Aus: 'Liberals $220m phonics focus aims to ‘end guesswork’ in learning to read'
- Replies: 1
- Views: 24517
Re: Victoria, Aus: 'Liberals $220m phonics focus aims to ‘end guesswork’ in learning to read'
Professor Pamela Snow writes a post via her excellent, research-informed blog, in response to edu-political developments in Victoria: Once more for the people at the back 8 Oct 2022 https://pamelasnow.blogspot.com/2022/10/once-more-for-people-at-back.html It’s been a busy few weeks with respect to d...