Pamela Snow

My previous account (@PamelaSnow2) was hacked so please disregard that handle and join me here 🌻

There’s no such thing as hearing Lyn Stone ⁦(@lifelonglit⁩) too often - this time in Dublin, ahead of the #RightToRead Conference tomorrow. 📚 ✍️ 🚀

Free webinar on the Science of Reading from NIFDI. If you’re trying to make sense of the Science of Reading and effective instruction, this is worth your time. nifdi.org/training-event…

@DudeAdhd @Miss_Snuffy Speaking of abusive behaviour. #PotKettleBlack ⛔️

@PCSnow1604 @Miss_Snuffy Are you blind??? Stupid??? Do you approve of child abuse? Do you like abusive people like Birbal Singh? Seems like it. Professor? My arse!

I’ve long wanted to visit the #MichaelaSchool London & finally did so today. Like many before me I’m in awe of what I saw: warm & efficient teaching, highly engaged & responsive students, smooth & calm classroom routines. All in evidence across subjects. Bravo @Miss_Snuffy 👏

Great to see that the efforts of teachers and researchers who come together in their own time to discuss optimal teaching practices have been acknowledged in the Victorian Parliament. I’m sorry I missed this event but can see how impactful and inspiring it’s been for those in attendance. Bravo @greg_ashman and team.

New episode coming Friday, March 20, with the world's leading expert on cognitive load theory!

@SWLiteracy @Miss_Snuffy So impressive John! I just wish “impressive” and “exceptional” didn’t go together in this context.

@PCSnow1604 @Miss_Snuffy What marvellous news, Pam! The whole shebang is absolutely fabulous, isn’t it? Who‘d have thought that Katharine and her dedicated band of brothers and sisters would take things to these heights? Much love 🥰

@VinceBoley @CatherineCook58 I’d recommend following its Director @HollyLanePhD here too 😊

@CatherineCook58 Excellent! I'll definitely check out the YouTube channel

I am looking to research and do a deep dive into UFLI--I'm hearing great things, and I wanna see what it's all about. Can anyone point me in the right direction of where I should start?

🇦🇺 📚 We’re delighted to share that our PSC Reflective Guide is now available in Australia. You can explore the guide, plus all of our Australia‑specific PSC resources, on our new landing page. zurl.co/Hvitk Sounds-Write trained? Bypass the form by finding the guide in the Downloads section of the Practitioners' Portal.

@greg_ashman I’d like to see the “strong evidence” that is referred to in the title of this piece. There’s a double irony here - such academics frequently dismiss the idea of “levels of evidence” yet they also push back when policy makers engage with *actual* strong evidence.

Link: fillingthepail.substack.com/p/an-important…

NEW FREE POST An important and solemn communiqué from me On the sidelining of education academics Link 👇 👇 👇

'I have trusted the resources since my first year of teaching. Now that I am a few years in and have spent some time researching the science of learning, I find myself glad for that trust.' – Ochre subscriber ap1.hubs.ly/y0H4nr0

AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺 I’m returning in May for a small number of Running the Room training days on behaviour and classroom leadership. Practical, research-informed, and grounded in the reality of classrooms. 📍 Sydney – 7 May 📍 Melbourne – 11 May 📍 Perth – 14 & 16 May These are my only Australian dates in 2026. Please pass this on to anyone who might benefit. Book here: tombennetttraining.co.uk/australia

A heartfelt thanks to @EvaHartell & the @researchED1 Scandinavia team in #Haninge, Sweden. There was a vibrant exchange of research, educational practices, resources & #ScienceofLearning implementation journeys. Thanks to the presenters who provided a quality program for the 600+ attendees. A special thank you to my colleagues Nancy Robottom and Angela Columbine, co-presenters of @CamberwellGirls literacy implementation journey. Here are a few takeaways from the sessions I was able to attend. It includes a QR code to the slides and resources from our presentation bit.ly/TeamsToolsandT…

** New article ** No evidence that same-language subtitles improve children's reading fluency. #OA @BPSOfficial @a_lopukhina doi.org/10.1111/bjop.7…

There is a debate raging in education about autonomy, belonging, and professional trust. We know that high-performing organisations tend to be high-trust organisations. At the same time, we also know that some professional practices are strongly supported by research, while others are not. So what is the balance between trusting teachers as professionals and ensuring consistently excellent classroom practice? For me, the answer lies in coaching within a shared framework of high-leverage practices. A possible workflow might look like this: • Teachers collaboratively examine research and identify high-impact practices (for example: managing cognitive load, retrieval practice, or targeted use of technology for intervention). • As a group, they agree to embed a small number of these practices across the school. Not imposed top-down, but adopted collectively. • Teachers implement them with professional autonomy, while classroom observations function primarily as low-stakes coaching conversations focused on refining specific techniques. Professional evaluation remains separate and considers a broader set of professional responsibilities, including commitment to professional growth. The Great Teaching Toolkit (evidencebased.education) captures this spirit well: strong professional culture built around shared practice, ongoing feedback, and deliberate improvement. In practical terms this might include: • Deciding priorities collaboratively • Trusting teachers to implement agreed practices with flexibility • Frequent, low-stakes lesson observations focused on coaching • Open classrooms where practice is shared and feedback is normal • Leaders actively seeking feedback on their own practice • Professional evaluation that values growth as well as performance A truly collegiate approach to teaching and learning finds the balance between ensuring excellence and preserving professional autonomy within a shared framework.

Aussies make up a full .1% of the 3K delegates at #PlainTalkNOLA this year and here we all are - yours truly, ⁦@DrLSHammond⁩ and ⁦@lifelonglit⁩ 🇦🇺🦘🇦🇺 The Mighty Mississippi is hard to beat as a background.

Look out for the final (experimental) paper from @Smithre5’s @latrobe #SOLARLab PhD research: “The importance of knowledge for reading comprehension: a quasi-experimental investigation”. Coming soon in Reading Psychology. #OpenAccess With @tserry2504 and @DrLSHammond 👏👏👏

If you’re at #PlainTalkNOLA and are interested in this new text by @speechwoman, ⁦@pipbrandon⁩ and me, drop by the AIM stand in the Exhibition Hall. I’m also doing a signing in the Steering Suite from 3:15-4:15 on Thursday.

Karen Vaites' education newsletter highlights growing concerns that schools wasted $30 billion on laptops and tablets that hurt kids' learning. She covers promising reading programs using real books instead of screens, new brain research on dyslexia, problems with state-approved curriculum lists, and a push to get digital devices out of elementary schools. The main theme: less technology, more traditional reading instruction works better. karenvaites.org/p/the-latest-i…