Viva the Irish ✊️

Putrid effort. It’s like Parra haven’t even trained together over the last few months. Let’s see what the pretender Ryles has to say at half time. #NRLStormEels

I could see this coming for months. We are kidding with this coach and roster. #NRLStormEels

Class act. Well done Delly!

When the Morrison Govt left office, they were employing 50,000 ppl through consultancies & labour hire & cost $20bn for a single year. Gutting the public service will not save $$ & it will hurt our vets, age pensioners & new parents needing access to PPL. smh.com.au/politics/feder…

So Rebecca Birch and I are starting a podcast… Featuring footage of real classrooms and teachers in action. chalkdust.media is coming soon! Check out this teaser….

In 4 minutes, Kurt Vonnegut explains stories better than anyone I’ve ever heard. “The shape of the curve is what matters. Not their origins.” He plots stories on 2 axes: X: Time Y: Good fortune / ill fortune He goes on to say, “Somebody gets into trouble, then gets out of it

Afternoon walk along Long Point, Merimbula.

Saturday morning Parkrun at Panboola Wetlands.

Today’s post open.substack.com/pub/daviddidau…

Teachers have the right to the best available evidence on how learning happens. Students have the right to be taught by those teachers. Great things happening down under.👍

Primary educators 👋🏻 I am interviewing teachers for a research project aimed at understanding how teachers learn from each other in the workplace. But my sample is currently very secondary heavy… Could you (please!) spare me an hour of your time this week or next? Thanks!

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

Ali France just became the first person to unseat an opposition leader at an election. Despite Peter Dutton’s fear-mongering and culture wars that strategically and deliberately harm minorities, Australians didn’t buy it. And a woman with a disability showed him the door.

This looks like an incredible meeting of the minds! Lucky Sydney! Carl Hendrick Simon Breakspear PhD Centre for Independent Studies The Science of Learning Revolution: Reflecting on Australian Classrooms eventbrite.com.au/e/the-science-…

Going to blog but here’s a 🧵 There are too many distractions from the sustained hard work needed to deliver and maintain effective PD programmes that lead to improved teaching and improved outcomes. And I worry that just as we’re making progress, more distractions are coming

I love this matrix both for meaning and spelling. This is a great one for spelling. nate + ion = nation (drop the e when adding vowel suffix) pre + nate + al = prenatal (drop the e when adding vowel suffix) nate + ure + al = natural (drop e in base and in suffix ure)