interests include primary educ - early reading, Aboriginal cultures & Australia's history taught properly in school, a fair go & the Sydney Swans

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Honouring First Nations in a primary school in Naarm & the role students can play in creating positive change. An article I've co-written. Hope it is a useful read! @flashblak @ShelleyWare @Sharon_Davis_ research.acer.edu.au/cgi/vie…

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A long read feature in @ESPNAusNZ A story about Mohamed Toure and Nestory Irankunda A story about the changing face of the Socceroos But as I began to realise when I sat down to write this piece, a story about mates, together, on the world stage 🔗: espn.com.au/football/story/_… .
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Socceroos have their first @FIFAWorldCup match this morning and @Channel9 morning sports report serves me State of Origin, NRL, AFL & swimming news and NO @Socceroos news. Wow. WOW. Wow. Actually no wow, just yuck.
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Replying to @DanaPalubiak
What if learning is social, emotional, relational, cultural, physical, and cognitive all at once?
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This Open Access piece is worth a read “Critiquing populist depictions of knowledge-rich curricula: sorting fact from fiction” link.springer.com/article/10…
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We’ve spent decades reforming instruction. Perhaps it’s time to think about the ecosystem. What if the reason reading scores haven’t dramatically improved isn’t because we haven’t found the right program? What if children are not primarily cognitive beings?
NAEP Long Term Trend Reading Age 13 Performance Levels, 1971-2025
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Knowledge gaps don’t stay the same size. They grow. @natwexler explains why knowledge-building belongs at the center of instruction. 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/natali… #KnowledgeMatters💙
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Children the world over, seeing that adults can compete, without having to exploit each other, while shaking hands, taking victory and defeat without retribution, being equal on the same field, and playing by collective rules. Much needed. Should be more of it. Off the field.
12/6/2026, Corea del Sur vs. República Checa en una escuela secundaria en Seúl.
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RT @gomichild: "The soldiers in balaclavas and gloves, three times my size, screaming ‘Welcome to Israel. You are going to really enjoy thi…
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“The death toll in Gaza continues to rise. Identified direct victims of the violence now number almost 73,000. “Estimates of indirect deaths go into the hundreds of thousands.” “Displacement, deprivation and insecurity continue on a massive scale.” theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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"The loudest noise in the budget attack is coming from mainstream commercial media outlets, shaped by the plutocratic interests of their owners, and fuelled by rage-farming techniques designed to boost audience share"
'Do Australians really want reform? It’s a reasonable question to ask as the Albanese government weathers trenchant attacks on its recent federal budget.' buff.ly/MPW6uiA
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Finally, a police officer is found guilty and is convicted for killing an indigenous person — after hundreds of killings. “NSW Police officer Bryant is believed to be the first police officer convicted of a crime related to a Black death in custody.” abc.net.au/news/2026-06-08/j…
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Pauline Hanson calls her critics ‘arrogant’ but REAL arrogance is telling the world’s scientists that Climate Change is a hoax, lifesaving Covid vaccines are poisonous ‘shit’ and claiming the world’s two billion Muslims are terrorists. #auspol
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Pocock presses Wong who says we all ‘prefer' an independent inquiry into abuse of Aussies off a flotilla but will instead push for a ‘swift’ & ‘transparent’-internal Israel led investigation🙄 Pocock ‘if we prefer an independent one, why has the govt not asked Israel?’🔥#auspol
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The 20 richest Australians have more money than 3 million households. Why is that a problem? Because billionaires have more money than ever before, and they’re using it to buy more political influence.
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Tonight’s Australian Story about the Mayor of Maribyrnong is a welcome antidote to constant coverage of One Nation. There is so much wonderful work in communities and amazing community leaders that should get more screen time. abc.net.au/news/2026-05-31/h…
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Why assume that an appropriate sequence for one student would be just as appropriate for another? What empirical research could possibly establish such a thing? See 'Knowing and learning: from Hirst to Ofsted'
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