This is a favourite tactic of education academics. They make strong, contestable claims and then frame anyone who challenges them as being divisive and trying to restart the mathematics or reading wars or whatever. Be alert to this tactic, reject it and keep arguing.

1/3 Math education is under the spotlight 🔦 I wrote two articles that were published in national newspapers in the last couple of weeks. Evidence, effective instruction, and math achievement matter. I won't stop talking about it until it's fixed. Links below 👇

For evidence-based teaching, start with Rosenshine’s principles of instruction. In my latest Chalk & Talk episode, Tom Sherrington and I go through them in detail....where they come from, why they matter, and what they look like in practice. Links below 👇

Turns out if you focus on teaching using evidence-informed pedagogy, children learn more effectively. Every state should be studying what happened here. Calls for equity are meaningless if you don’t focus on the strategies that achieve justice.

With the Amplify science of reading free PL events fast approaching, I wanted to share a final reminder for educators who may be interested in attending. Across Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane, we’ll be coming together to explore how children learn to read, what the evidence

Are you able to assist La Trobe University PhD student Najeeba Syeda with her research on #autistic students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds? This is an under-researched group and your insights will be valuable for improving practice. Please see details below:

Three concerns that must not torpedo explicit instruction now - EduResearch Matters What a great overview and myth-buster. Thank you ⁦EduResearch Matters⁩ blog.aare.edu.au/three-concerns…

Does teacher centred teaching reduce inequality? Yes according to this study. Explicit instruction is associated with higher mathematics attainment for low SES pupils, while student centred instruction shows no such equity effect. Takeaways: if the goal is to reduce inequality

My pathway into high-quality reading instruction and its system and policy-level drivers was my two decades of research on vulnerable young people, in particular on their high rates of unidentified language disorders. This research brought Restorative Justice (RJ) onto my radar,

My former X handle (@pamelasnow2) was hacked a couple of weeks ago. Please don’t click on links from that handle or DMs from it as they are not from me and may result in your account being corrupted. Please re-share this post so I can re-connect with past followers via this new

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I’m in good company! Please share and help Paul and me to re-connect with our networks 🙏

Please follow Patrice Bain on her new handle, as she’s in the same #HackedClub as Paul Kirschner and me 🤨

We shouldn’t be handing them Chromebooks in elementary school at all. (And only occasionally in middle and high school.)

We’ve shared this fluency rubric before and teachers keep coming back to it. Why? Because it helps us see fluency more clearly and gives students more meaningful feedback than speed alone. Several teachers in Friday's NEW episode reference this rubric! ow.ly/pzZ250XT2ZA

1/3 Is it realistic to aim for >80% success for each student? Tom Sherrington Tom Sherrington thinks it is. He explains why and how in the clip below. youtube.com/shorts/KKfSNcb…

Craziest statement in this article: "she had seen teachers struggle with reading aloud to students, instead putting on audiobooks b/c they didn't feel confident they could read fluently" Sweden is bringing back books to classrooms; no more screens. thetimes.com/uk/get-britain…

⁦Anna Stokke⁩ and ⁦Sarah Powell⁩ are on 🔥 in this discussion of the Kafkaesque opposition to the use of quantitative data in assessing student math(s) proficiency. “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it”. 🎯 podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/cha…

Very excited that this text is finally being released into the wild!

“Every child had something to do and was keen to do it. No one was off track!” – we love hearing this from Ochre users. 🙌 How are Ochre’s scaffolded, curriculum-aligned lessons changing learning in your classrooms? Share your experience with us. ap1.hubs.ly/y0D7km0