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The Correct Reading Alliance People: A New Bottle (spoiler: same old wine)
And now we cross live, for the launch of the Correct Reading Alliance People. Interviewer: I’d like to welcome Professor Donna Kruger to the launch
Polish a Word: Unexpected Words that Come from Arabic
I have had the great honour, over the last year or so, to have been a regular guest on the ABC Radio Adelaide Jules Schiller
Stranded in a World of Brang and Drawed
We are judged on our linguistic output whether we like it or not. People are instinctively primed to make snap decisions about others based on
What is the one question we never ask our new students?
The start of every year brings a new influx of students. They all have certain things in common: They have not progressed in reading and/or
Running Records: Results of a brief survey (spoiler: they’re unpopular if you haven’t drunk the balanced literacy Kool Aid)
Last week I sought information from teachers about being mandated to use Running Records for assessment and reporting. This followed an article I wrote about
Rethinking Running Records: Ammunition and armour in the battle for better literacy
Taking steps to improve the quality of instruction so that all children progress appropriately towards literacy is not a job for the faint-hearted. Yet my