There is a lot of excitement at the moment about using AI to personalise learning resources, but I am not convinced. Yes, it is true many students are interested in Taylor Swift & Lionel Messi more than electricity, algebra or verbs. That does not mean we can teach electricity, algebra and verbs through the medium of Swift & Messi. substack.nomoremarking.com/p…

💡NEW POST💡 'Building understanding about literacy assessment' "Reading ages are a start, but they are far away from telling the whole story." alexquigley.co.uk/building-u…

@MrZachG on Project Follow Through: "it's a tragedy and there's no good ending so we'll move to the next slide." 😅 This wasn't the next slide, but I thought it was a better one to share. @researchED_US Houston was 💯

Meet one of our incredible contributing authors to Science of Reading 3.0 — @lifelonglit! In her chapter, she draws on her observations from schools and classrooms to share three powerful practices that can transform writing outcomes. Get your copy: 95pg.info/4cWJY5R

Children’s enjoyment of reading and daily reading habits have risen for the first time in five years, according to new findings from the @Literacy_Trust (NLT), but it also found the disadvantage gap was widening. 👇 ebx.sh/sJDraR

We are sad to hear this news, but we have her books that will be with us always 😍

Robert Pondiscio: 19 reasons that knowledge-rich curricula have not been broadly adopted in the US, despite strong research support. I'd add this one: "educators underestimate what young children can learn, and the joy with which they will learn it." open.substack.com/pub/thenex…

When referrals to sp. education are the only solution to pervasive learning gaps, we end up w/ an overwhelmed special education system that stretches beyond its limits and helps to close the learning gap of a few kids. I wish more people would listen to the wisdom of @PCSnow1604

One week to go until data collection begins for my training study. After months of planning, preparation, and refining materials, it's starting to feel very real.. Looking forward to getting into schools and seeing the project come to life. @ACUmedia #EducationResearch #Literacy

🗞️ NEW POST // Principles & Practices: What matters most? // In teaching, it's easy to confuse principles with practices. What's the difference, what matters most, and what does it all mean for school leaders? 👉 Read it at the link. tinyurl.com/ImplementationEd…

Morphology is more than prefixes and suffixes. Over half of the academic words in English are derived from Greek and Latin word roots (eg tract = drag or pull and found in words such as “traction, tractor, contract, retract, abstraction, protractor, extract…).

A @jackie_french_ story is always a rivetting read and often informative too!

This is great example of how systems can change and have a positive effect on student outcomes. BC education leaders should take a look. @Dave_Eby @lisabeare @bcedplan @UBCtelp @UVicTeacherEd @sfueducation @bctf @BCSTA_News @BCPVPA @VancouverSun @GlobalBC

Thank you @PCSnow1604. What an amazing opportunity for our students to be able to demonstrate their skills and knowledge to @JasonClareMP and @BenCarrollMP. I'm so very proud of @KEWoodsy, she was more worried about teaching in front of Pam and @tserry2504 ! Thank you @latrobe

With the Victorian Deputy Premier and Minister for Education @BenCarrollMP today at La Trobe Uni to see their simulated classroom for teaching students in action. This year we have changed what our future teachers are taught as part of their university degree. This includes a stronger focus on how the brain works, how to teach children to read and write and count, and how to manage classroom behaviour. La Trobe has led the way with the science of learning and evidence-based teaching. That is embedded in the new curriculum for teaching students and is a key part of the reforms we are rolling out across the country. This facility here at La Trobe is one of a kind in Australia and helps take that training to the next level.

Check out this wonderful video from the Mornington Peninsula Foundation about the inspiring and rigorous place-based work they are doing across low-SES schools in that region to improve academic and wellbeing outcomes for students: youtube.com/watch?v=aBy2Z2fQ…

I never planned to write a second book six months after publishing my first. A Facebook post about teacher retention turned into hundreds of conversations with teachers across Australia. They became Not One More Teacher Lost. The book found me! bradgaynor.com.au/in-500-wor…

For #WorldOceansDay Tuesday 8th June here is my 'Paper Plate Turtle' . . . one material, no waste, fully recyclable! Free instructions at darrellwakelam.com #Turtle #Conservation @NatGeo @NatGeoMag @TerriIrwin @RobertIrwin @BindiIrwin @WorldOceansDay @foe_us

Absolutely lovely day today working with teachers from Melbourne to Hobart, running the room at @SeabrookPrimary

Still believe this is possible.