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Jodi DeVries @jodidevries.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Self-directed learning journeys of Canadian teachers around the science of reading New, from our team at the University of Alberta (@profwool.bsky.social, @lisakohel.bsky.social, @lheggie.bsky.social) Access the full article here: rdcu.be/ft4ZL

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Self-directed learning journeys of Canadian teachers around the science of reading

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Dan Willingham @dtwuva.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

New article from E. D. Hirsch and me on (1) the evidence for the importance of knowledge in reading; (2) why it’s taken so long for people to acknowledge the evidence; (3) what we predict if the role of knowledge is taken seriously. www.educationnext.org/rediscoverin...

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Rediscovering Knowledge as the Key to Reading

Two champions of knowledge-rich instruction reflect on its current momentum

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Jodi DeVries @jodidevries.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

ResearchEd is coming to Calgary in May. With these four anchor speakers and an additional collection of breakout speakers, it’s setting up to be a great event. www.eventbrite.ca/e/researched...

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researchED Calgary

Join us at North Trail High School in Calgary for a morning of exploration into evidence informed practice in Literacy and Mathematics.

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Jodi DeVries @jodidevries.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I just looked through the list of articles in this resource, and it looks like a great resource! It consists of short articles on a variety of topics, with more to come.

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Jodi DeVries @jodidevries.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

🎉🥳 Gotta take a moment to celebrate friends doing great things! I looked at this book today, and it’s a fantastic group of contributors for what looks like an excellent book! Great job contributing to accessible science, Emily! www.guilford.com/books/Handbo...

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Handbook of Learning Disabilities: Third Edition

This definitive handbook is now in an extensively revised third edition, including many all-new chapters and new topics. Foremost experts review the breadth of current knowledge about learning disabil...

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Jessica Toste @jessicatoste.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Join us for our #WordConnections webinar series. We'll explore implementation of this research-based, targeted intervention to support students' reading of complex words! #TosteTeam #BigWords #ScienceOfReading 📅 Nov 13 + Dec 4 | 💻 Live Online 🔗 Register: tosteteam.simpletix.com

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Daniel Ansari 🇨🇦 @numcog.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Sneak peak of a project we have been working on for the past two years... We hope to release more information by the end of the year. Watch this space!

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Jodi DeVries @jodidevries.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Drs. @nsachdeva.bsky.social & Jim Hewitt share about classic studies in Education, starting w/ working memory & cognitive load theory @ #RedTO25. I was just discussing this w/ @numcog.bsky.social over lunch. I wish all teachers learned about this in their BEd training! It changed my teaching so much

Drs. Sachdeva and Hewitt in front of a slide about cognitive load theory.

Drs. Sachdeva and Hewitt in front of a slide about implications of cognitive load theory.

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Jodi DeVries @jodidevries.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Listening to @numcog.bsky.social share about automaticity of math facts. I’m always intrigued by the parallels between math and literacy in both robust research findings and common pushback arguments.

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Jodi DeVries @jodidevries.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

At #redTO25, @j-metsala.bsky.social is delivering a great summary of the history of reading instruction and the alignment and misalignment with research along the way.

Dr. Jamie Metsala stands beside a screen, giving a keynote lecture under a massive stained glass window in a church at ResearchEd in Toronto.

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Anna Stokke (Host of Chalk & Talk Podcast) @rastokke.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

😲 In Manitoba, 7 in 10 teachers said either whole language or balanced literacy approaches are used to teach reading. Only 9% reported structured literacy as the most common approach. 60% of teachers & administrators said the current approach to teaching reading isn't working.

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Kathy Rastle @kathyrastle.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

What can children learn about morphology when they read for pleasure? We analysed the words in 1200 books suitable for children and young people to find out! Read the blog post here: www.rastlelab.com/post/what-ca...

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What can children learn about morphology from reading for fun?

A key part of becoming a skilled reader is understanding how words are built — that is, how small parts of words that carry meaning come together to form words. For example, the word unhappy is made u...

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Dr. Nadine Gaab @gaablab.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

HELP! GaabLab has been supporting the #Dyslexia community since 2007. Now we could really use YOUR help due to recent funding cuts that threaten our lab's existence: We're looking for supportive foundations & collaborations, very grateful for any small gift community.alumni.harvard.edu/give/51711873

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Superb thread about how Canadian federal elections work, in case you are wondering why your feed is chock full of Canuck politics tonight

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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Great to see @pamelasnow.bsky.social here. Welcome!

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Jodi DeVries @jodidevries.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

FREE parent handbook on dyslexia from Dyslexia Canada.

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Remi Kalir @remikalir.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

ERIC! “ERIC is scheduled to run out of money on April 23. After that date, no new documents can be added.” Colleagues, this is catastrophic for educational research. www.governing.com/policy/major...

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Major Education Resource Set to Shut Down This Week

The federal Department of Education maintains an open access database of more than 2 million documents dating back to the 1960s. It will cease operating Wednesday due to DOGE cuts.

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The Reading League @thereadingleague.org · 03/04/2025

Have you ever felt buried under a mountain of assessment data with no clear path forward? We understand and are here to help with our brand-new class—Data-Driven Literacy Instruction: A Practical Guide to Assessment, Analysis and Intervention. 🔗 Learn more: www.thereadingleague.org/shop/data-dr...

New Class Data-Driven Literacy Instruction: A Practical Guide to Assessment, Analysis, and Intervention

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Anna Stokke (Host of Chalk & Talk Podcast) @rastokke.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

🚫 Labeling students as “hands-on learners” (or any learning style) can limit how they're taught, what they believe they can do, and what they actually learn. @carlhendrick.substack.com highlights new research exposing the harm caused by the learning styles myth. Link below.

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Jodi DeVries @jodidevries.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

I finally got around to looking at the December issue of Nomanis. Looks like there are some great articles in there to bookmark for later reading. #SOR #ScienceOfReading www.nomanis.com.au/blog/issue-1...

Photo of the cover of Nomanis with the title "The Write Stuff: Focus on Handwriting."

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Jodi DeVries @jodidevries.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

I listened to this quick (30 minute) webinar today. It offers some poignant reminders that we cannot neglect the oral language strand of the reading rope and provided some great summaries of what is known about effective reading comprehension instruction. #SOR www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBUL...

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Lessons From the Science of Reading | Education Now

YouTube video by Harvard Graduate School of Education

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Esther Lindström @estherlindstrom.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

I just found out @cec-dr.bsky.social is on bsky! 🎉

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Nichola Shelton @nichola-slp.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Great that @radld.bsky.social has joined!! Well worth a follow. #SLPeeps #BSkySpeechies

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Jodi DeVries @jodidevries.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

👀Looks like today is a very good time to download all of the IES practice guides! #EduSky ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/pra...

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WWC | Practice Guides

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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 03/02/2025

Added a few recommendations to this list of Indigenous businesses fo support in BC, from cafes and coffee to apparel and travel

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Buy and Shop Indigenous in BC

Support local when you purchase your goods, services, and experience from these Indigenous owned and operated businesses in BC.

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Jodi DeVries @jodidevries.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

I'm looking forward to reading this one!

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Christopher Such @suchmo83.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

My new book, Primary Reading Simplified, is released this Monday. Briefly, I'd like to explain why it exists, who I think will find it useful and where you can find it. >>

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Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

For Americans in public health, research, or epidemiology who need to communicate their findings or warnings to the public please e-mail: @nicktsergas.ca at news@canadahealthwatch.ca

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Jodi DeVries @jodidevries.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

It's been more than 10 years since the last meta-analysis on morphology instruction, so this paper from @dccolen.bsky.social & crew fills an important need! Check out this great podcast about it teachingliteracypodcast.com/ep60-morphol... Or read the paper itself link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Daniel Muijs @danielmuijs.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

It’s here! Our new open access book on curriculum written by Tim Surma, @paulkirschner.bsky.social, @dylanwiliam.bsky.social, @timsurma.bsky.social, Nuno Crato, Elizabeth Rata, John Hattie, Claudio Van Hees, Michiel Wils, Jasper Nijlunsing and me. Download it here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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Developing Curriculum for Deep Thinking

This OA book proposes a way forward to effectively teach knowledge and complex cognitive skills in school and achieve equitable opportunities.

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Erika Chesnick @litlearningldsb.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Thanks to @katewinn.bsky.social for putting together this fantastic 5-page FAQ resource filled with answers to very common questions that arise when discussing using UFLI in Ontario Kindergarten classrooms. Download the resource at her website: thismomloves.ca/ufli-in-onta...

The cover of the resource: UFLI in Ontario Kindergarten - FAQ (by Kate Winn, with Dr. Holly Lane & Valentina Contesse)

A snapshot of page one of the resource with the following questions:
1. Is a phonics program the best way to teach reading to our Ontario kindergarten students?
2. Is this an age-appropriate approach for Ontario kindergarten students?
3. Should we be teaching phonics this way yet when it isn't reflected in our 2016 Kindergarten program document?

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Jodi DeVries @jodidevries.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

If you've seen this Catts & Kamhi piece floating around your feeds over the past few weeks but haven't read it yet, I highly recommend taking a few mins to read it. It's a brilliant and accessible summary of so much research related to reading comprehension. www.aft.org/ae/winter202... #sor #EduSky

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Rethinking Reading

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Mark Anderson @mandercorn.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Wishing you a very happy new year, filled with more language and literacy research. Here's a review of all the studies that came across my radar in 2024. Enjoy! #research #reading #writing #cognition #multilingual #language write.as/manderson/wh...

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What We Learned from Research in 2024

2024 was another great year filled with fascinating research. Over the course of this year, I’ve written a few posts about some of it:...

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Jodi DeVries @jodidevries.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Are speech sound disorders risk factors for difficulties in language and reading skills? This new meta-analysis says yes, and states that this "emphasizes the need for broader language assessments and early interventions to mitigate future academic difficulties." #EduSky #literacy #SOR

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Jodi DeVries @jodidevries.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

I have updated my #SOR starter pack (go.bsky.app/DrhYgSX) and my two related lists: One includes SOR practitioners & scientists bsky.app/profile/jodi... And one is SOR scientists & a few other key accounts in related fields: bsky.app/profile/jodi... #EduSky #Scienceofreading #structuredliteracy

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Adrea Truckenmiller @adrea.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Did you know that the FCRR student center activities (which are also evidence-based) are in digital game format now too? games.fcrr.org#/

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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 03/12/2024

There are already many articles for which there is more attention on Bluesky than on other comparable micro-blogging sites, meaning the academic community and the general public have clearly adopted Bluesky as one of its core places to disseminate and discuss new research. A Place of Joy.

‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky
Researchers say the social-media platform — an alternative to X — offers more control over the content they see and the people they engage with.: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03784-6

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Jodi DeVries @jodidevries.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

This whole thread is full of good news for academia and BlueSky.

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