"In Reading Recovery, the term 'recovery' means the return to the path of literacy for children who have gone off course. Perhaps the Science of Reading is starting its own recovery, as it also seems to have gone off course." Blog: readingrecovery.org/the-science-of…

Let's Not Go Back 50 Years thepress.co.nz/nz-news/350328…

Not good newshub.co.nz/home/world/202…

Saving for the 20-year holiday! 'Why at (almost) 33 I'm scared of being old and broke' 1news.co.nz/2024/07/09/why…

The other day a friend asked me what’s so bad about seed oils anyways? “They’re just pressed seeds, right? How is that any different than something like olive oil or butter?” Well, this is why... 🧵 (warning: this will make you want to throw out half your pantry)

Per capita Olympics – the most important Games of them all 1news.co.nz/2024/08/09/per…

8. The Earth Being Centered On Great Britain Is Arbitrary, So Here's A Map Centered On New Zealand

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I was telling my Australian mate a few basic things about the Kiingitanga movement, and it occurred to me that maybe some New Zealanders would like some 101 level info as well. So if that is you, here goes. 🧵 1/9.

Petition of Problem Gambling Foundation of New Zealand: Prohibit the advertising of gambling petitions.parliament.nz/194f725c-f3af-…

Sounds a lot like: Literacy Processing Theory & Reading Recovery. Thank you Marie Clay for studying emergent literacy learners so that we’ve been able to apply these principles to teaching students for decades.

Just heard on TV1 news, the Breakers basketball team suffering from ‘Spring sickness’🤷🏼‍♀️ Why not just call it as it is?

This is going to be a messy complicated thread... ...but there are several massive hurdles in the paths of most people that prevent them accepting that Covid infections are responsible for the rising flood of ill health including things like heart attacks and mental illness.

Ahead of a potential bird flu pandemic, I would give one specific warning: Be *very careful* about whom you trust for information.

1/7 When conservative Pakeha are made anxious by Maori protest they reach for the Moriori myth like a comfort blanket or brandy. Posts to twitter about Moriori have predictably surged as the hikoi has descended on parliament. These posts reek of unintended irony.

"It appears that Reading Recovery, with its one-on-one instruction, frequent diagnosis, and linking reading with writing, found a way to crack the phonics code for most students." More research confirms Reading Recovery and phonics go hand in hand: readingrecovery.org/more-research-…

This is a terrific article by Sir Geoffrey Palmer - here he makes the case to secure and improve our democracy through more attention to governance and less to politics by greater engagement by the public and greater transparency in how decisions are made. newsroom.co.nz/2025/01/06/pro…

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Ten things every person in the world should know about airborne disease transmission *before* bird flu goes human to human:

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