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  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap, Resources / October 20, 2018

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    The Power of (Pushy?) Parents

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    Spelling: Avoiding Ignorance and Negligence

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    The Makings of Metacognition

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    Why Closing the Word Gap Matters

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Why Whole-School Literacy Fails!

In Closing The Vocabulary Gap, Debates and Polemics, Teaching English by Alex Quigley25/06/20177 Comments

There is no more important act in education than helping children to learn to read. I am sure we can agree that developing our students as confident readers, writers and …

Alex Quigley

I am Director of Huntington Research School, York. I am also a Research School Developer for the EEF, supporting research schools in the north of England.

When I am not doing research school work, I can be found teaching English as well writing edubooks and articles for TES and Teach Secondary magazine.

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Alex Quigley

I am Director of Huntington Research School, York. I am also a Research School Developer for the EEF, supporting research schools in the north of England.

When I am not doing research school work, I can be found teaching English, as well as writing edubooks and articles for 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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