Reading Debates Continue: But what happens in classrooms? mwalker.com.au/?p=4143

A great display of understanding about the rise and fall of nations, their clashes or wars, their divisions and much more.

I like this unpacked strategy for teachers.

In the middle of a State election - rebuilding schools from all political parties. abc.net.au/news/2022-11-1… But what about teachers? premier.vic.gov.au/getting-more-n… Yes get more teachers into schools but keeping them there? Let's not get like this: nytimes.com/2022/11/18/opi…

Task completion is a poor proxy for learning; this is something I wished I'd known in my early years of teaching. Here is a one-pager I have created for Peps, summarising his notion of Backwards Planning.

So true

In January we are about to hold our Australian Data Wise Institute where one of the central tenants of improvement is equity. Two articles worth reading are: ascd.org/el/articles/lo… theconversation.com/if-australia-w…

Class selection policy that is data based with both academic and well being has a better chance of success. Stress whole cohort interaction with class interventions.

It’s started-DataWise Australia.#datawise #dwau23

Climate is a better predictor of effectiveness than demographics, test scores, or great schools ratings.

1932 vs 2016 - A Comparison of the 100m Swim: Evolution of Performance Over Time

This is a must listen for teachers of reading. It talks about assessment of fluency and the use of norms and protocols.

Worth 30 minutes of listening time

Tough call on the Aussies

What's your favorite way to get Ss to move past "I don't know"? (📸 via leader Rey Rodriguez,Ed.D., spotted in T Ms. Ratliff's class) #TeacherTwitter

Loved the song

Here is a clip that might have most teachers of math thinking

Check out this great video by Lucy Calkins on RebalancingLiteracy.org youtu.be/1YcFKPoxg70?si…

It goes on all over the globe.

Water still coming in Kew Golf Club and as each hour passes more of the place goes under. Hoping to see some reduction in river level by lunchtime which might save some greens, others already gone under