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Tag Archives: Reading
Here I stood Part 2: What goes around with quantitative reading professors comes around
Introduction In the NZ Herald today (26.04.2018), Natalie Akoorie has written an article on a just released review office report damning reading recovery. This report was then discussed by the review office and responded to by one of the Massey … Continue reading
Posted in Education Policy
Tagged Curriculum, Education, Education policy, ERO, Ministry of Education, National standards, Politics, Reading, Teachers, Tomorrow's Schools
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Here we go on phonics again
Ros Lugg managing director of The Learning Staircase uses the PIRLS result, no doubt in a way that will feel utterly sincere to her, to stir up support for her highly structured and commercialised phonics programme, blaming teacher training for … Continue reading
Posted in Curriculum, Schooling, Teaching
Tagged children, Curriculum, Education, Phonics, principals, Reading, Schooling, Teachers
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Quantitatives: stop destroying the reading chances of our youngsters: finding SEMO 3
Quantitative academics lobbied the minister for structured phonics to become the official reading policy and it was a doddle. It was down-with-teachers (or up them) music to the minister’s ears. A phonics programme for young children with early reading difficulties … Continue reading
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