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Five Things I Wish I’d Known About Literacy

In Closing the Reading Gap, Closing The Vocabulary Gap, Uncategorized by Alex Quigley16/01/20218 Comments

When I started teaching nearly two decades ago, I was a teacher of reading, writing, vocabulary, academic talk, and more. The problem was that I could do reading and writing, but I …

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Education after a national crisis: "Be positive, radical and pay for it".

Like the post-war consensus, investing in growth and education surely has to be the aim for the next decade. Interesting to compare UK to Biden's educational spend too - radical indeed.

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Join us in speaking to Dr Jessie Ricketts @ricketts_lara, researcher at Royal Holloway, on the importance of reading, oracy and vocabulary in language development. This Tuesday at 4pm. Sign up free at: http://bit.ly/GreenshawR45

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'Do we need to sort out silent reading?'

A relevant question post-lockdown. Reading, listening, and book talk will be hugely valuable. Maximising this time will matter.

https://www.theconfidentteacher.com/2020/10/do-we-need-to-sort-out-silent-reading/

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Alex Quigley

Alex Quigley

I write this blog in a personal capacity.

After fifteen years in the classroom, I now support the cause of education from the other side the school gates. For most of the week I work for the EEF, as National Content Manager, supporting teachers and school leaders to access research evidence.

Additionally, I write edubooks and offer consultancy. Also, I am very lucky to have a column for both TES and Teach Secondary magazine.

Alex Quigley

I am National Content Manager at the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), after fifteen years as an English teacher and school leader. The focus of my work is supporting school improvement and making research  evidence accessible and useable for teachers and school leaders.

I write books for Routledge, including the bestseller, ‘Closing the Vocabulary Gap’. Currently, I am a columnist for both TES and Teach Secondary magazine. I am a ResearchED Trustee & a member of the Chartered College of Teaching Impact Journal board.

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