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It’s Not Too Late
by huda | March 15, 2024 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
You don’t need RCTs to know what works
by sam106 | March 11, 2024 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
How to find out what works in ‘What Works?’
by sam106 | March 9, 2024 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
It’s Not Too Late
Mar 15, 2024
Our second session at ResearchED English and MFL, Oxford was entitled It’s Not Too Late to draw attention to a common misconception in secondary schools: namely, that students who are reading seriously behind when they arrive at secondary can never catch up. We...
You don’t need RCTs to know what works
Mar 11, 2024
In recent times a great deal has been made of the importance of using RCTs in education in order to build a body of evidence about which practices are effective. This is very laudable, but as others have pointed out, there are many implementation issues with RCTs. My...
How to find out what works in ‘What Works?’
Mar 9, 2024
Choosing an effective intervention may not be as difficult as you think. For school leaders looking for evidence on the effectiveness of literacy interventions, the go-to source is Professor Greg Brooks’ What works for children and young people with literacy...
A Valentine’s Day Letter – You Have Broken My Heart . . .
Mar 9, 2024
Dear Education We’ve had a long relationship and one that I, at least, was deeply committed to. We both cared deeply about helping every child to become literate – at least I thought you did too. But lately I’ve been doing some thinking, and I’ve come to the...
In-class Support – The Bridge Over the Reading Gap revisited (Part 2)
Mar 7, 2024
Following up the long list of questions from our researched Home presentation on 30 April 2020, we are providing more detailed answers in a series of short blogs about different aspects of the topic. In-class support I am a secondary English Teacher and I feel in no...
Fluency and Comprehension – The Bridge Over the Reading Gap revisited (Part 3)
Mar 7, 2024
Following up the long list of questions from our researched Home presentation on 30 April 2020, we are providing more detailed answers in a series of short blogs about different aspects of the topic. Fluency and Comprehension What are your best tips for helping pupils...
Effective Intervention – The Bridge Over the Reading Gap revisited (Part 4)
Mar 7, 2024
Following up the long list of questions from our researched Home presentation on 30 April 2020, we are providing more detailed answers in a series of short blogs about different aspects of the topic. By far the most questions we received were on effective reading...
Total War on Illiteracy – or Dad’s Army?
Jan 29, 2024
A recent news report gave us the alarming news that as a result of remote learning during the pandemic, some 200,000 students are expected to arrive at secondary school reading below expectations this September. According the Daily Telegraph, this has caused alarm...
Papering over the Reading Gap
Jan 29, 2024
What does the adoption of a ‘visual stress’ approach to reading difficulties tell us about the state of teacher knowledge? I have been struck over the last year or so by the number of schools where I encounter coloured paper or coloured overlays as standard...