Category: literacy

Great leap forward: Right to Read inquiry
The Ontario Human Rights Commission’s Right to Read inquiry is personal. Our school board here […]

Thanksgiving, cooking calamities and dyslexia
This is not me! I love food-focused family holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas, but I […]

The times they are a changing…
From climate change to better education, our children are demanding change. Are we listening?

“For the love of reading”? Not for me.
Readers are smarter, better, kinder, nicer and sexier? Right? Nope!! Sorry to disappoint, […]

What science is telling us: Do dyslexic brains work differently? What reading instruction works best?
Neuroscience is painting an interesting picture of the dyslexic brain, and how it processes information. A new report, The Neurobiology of Dyslexia, has brought together the best of neuroscience with the best of reading science to show how the dyslexic brain works when reading, and how effective reading instruction can change the brain.