President Stubb: “I would prefer in the long run to see Ukraine in NATO. You know, I know for political reasons some people have problems with that. But let's think about it really serious. The Russian threat is not going away. So what then gives us comfort? In my mind, it's Ukraine.” 📹: CBC News

Big news stories this week about Sweden & Norway moving away from screens in the classrooom. People are realising that some technologies are just not suited for some purposes. It is hard to read deeply & concentrate on a tablet. substack.nomoremarking.com/p/education-...

FAQ: How long does the programme take? Students stay on it until they have caught up completely. The time depends on how far behind they are & how rapidly they progress. Data shows typical progress is 2 months per 30 min lesson & takes average 6 months to gain 5 years or more in their reading.

How are we different? We teach the lowest 10%. No one else does this successfully; some of the best-known ‘reading interventions’ actually ignore this group. Your students will catch up completely. The length of time on the programme is determined by the student’s rate of progress.

Love seeing outcomes like these

No lie told.* *If the world were as it should be.

How are we different? We teach the lowest 10%. No one else does this successfully; some of the best-known ‘reading interventions’ actually ignore this group. Your students will catch up completely. The length of time on the programme is determined by the student’s rate of progress.

If you would like to see these results in your school book a call via this link : https://www.thinkingreading.com/contact

Our promise to our partner schools is that the students they think can't learn to read, will learn. Not only that - they will catch up rapidly & completely.

Applying research findings to the school environment requires time, often years, of rigorous field-trialling. Beware quick fixes.  See our striking results here: https://www.thinkingreading.com/case-studies

Very impressed with the refreshed website. Case studies page is so clear! And the students’ charts are just . . . Wow!

All our materials are developed specifically for secondary students. Thinking Reading is not an adaptation of a primary school programme. Contact us for more on how we can support your students: https://www.thinkingreading.com/contact/

1. Our co-founder James Murphy recently led an evaluation of Thinking Reading impact, looking at 30 complete datasets that our partner schools shared with us. A short thread ...

Effective intervention enables students to catch up rapidly and completely. Students need to catch up at 3x the normal rate as a minimum. Read more ‘Reading Intervention That Gets Striking Results’ https://wp.me/p4hKgx-VW (4 min read). Contact us: https://www.thinkingreading.com/contact/

We provide in-depth training for school leaders on managing organisational change, with a specific focus on literacy. We also provide ongoing advice & support to school leaders throughout the implementation process. Contact us: https://www.thinkingreading.com/contact/

Our programme is designed so students make rapid progress in just three, 30-minute 1-to-1 sessions per week, minimising impact on their curriculum studies. Rapid progress means that they are only withdrawn from lessons for a limited period. Contact us: https://www.thinkingreading.com/contact/

Intervention teaching must be designed so that student progress (or lack of progress) is immediately evident. Read more in ‘Reading Intervention That Gets Striking Results’ https://wp.me/p4hKgx-VW (4 min read). Contact us: https://www.thinkingreading.com/contact/

All our materials are developed specifically for secondary students. Thinking Reading is not an adaptation of a primary school programme. Contact us for more on how we can support your students: https://www.thinkingreading.com/contact/

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Orthographic Skeletons: Can Children Start Learning How Words Are Spelled Before They’ve Seen It In Print? “. . . is not formed by ambient exposure; it is formed by the interaction of specific oral knowledge with specific phoneme-grapheme knowledge.” 👏🏼 open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...

Of course no one from *checks notes* Sudan or Afghanistan could be in genuine danger.

🇫🇮🇺🇦 President of Finland Stubb: Ukrainians are destroying more than 30,000 Russian soldiers every month. At the same time, the Russians are no longer able to replenish them. We're getting closer to the moment when there might have to be a general call from the Russian part.

Thank you to Epping St John’s C of E School for a wonderful visit this week. Alice Ball saw this incredible purpose built Thinking Reading room. This is an amazing development in a school that is changing the script for its students.

Today, March 25, 2026, marks the finish of a multi-day Ukrainian operation to turn off the whole of Russia's Baltic oil and gas hub: Ust-Luga, Primorsk and Vyborg. After Ukrainian strikes, the ports of Ust-Luga and Primorsk stopped shipping oil.

Many children will learn to read regardless of the teaching method used, but a significant proportion will need systematic, explicit instruction. If a student has reached adolescence with reading problems, the situation is more complicated. Our program enables them to catch up completely & quickly.

The longer we wait to intervene effectively, the harder it gets.  Read more in our blog on teaching struggling readers ‘There is Hope’ https://wp.me/p4hKgx-kU (4 min read).

Does your school have a group of weak readers whose progress you can’t seem to shift? Talk to us: we are experts in solving what has previously seemed insoluble. We can provide data to prove the impact our program has had for other schools. Email via link: https://www.thinkingreading.com/contact/

Being a poor reader increases a child’s vulnerability. Our promise to schools is that the students they think can’t learn to read, will learn. Not only that: they will catch up rapidly & completely. If you would like these results for your students contact us for a free, no obligation, consultation.

The words ‘power’, ‘host’, ‘potential’, ‘impotent’, ‘possible’, ‘posse’, and ‘to possess’ all contain the same Proto-Indo-European word: *pótis, meaning “master”. Click my new graphic to learn how they evolved through derivatives in Latin, sound changes in Romance, and borrowings into English: 1/

Moonlight (2020) by American painter, illustrator, and designer, Vasilisa Romanenko (born in 1987). The artist works primarily in acrylics on canvas. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Our mission is to eradicate adolescent illiteracy so that no student leaves school unable to read well. We believe firmly that all schools have the means and commitment to ensure that all students, regardless of background, can read fluently. If you believe this too, we'd love to hear from you.

My course on consciousness is now online: six 90´ lectures featuring both history and recent experimental results on ignition, P3b, working memory, neural manifolds… unpublished results too. I speak in French (College de France oblige) but slides and subtitles are in English tinyurl.com/cz9yb4z3

Rejecting myths liberates students from falsely low expectations.  Read more in our blog ‘12 Qualities of an Effective Reading Teacher’ https://wp.me/p4hKgx-Fu (5 min read).

Are you stumped by your students’ reading problems? We've written this to help teachers :  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thinking-Reading-secondary-teacher-reading/dp/1911382683

This is the goal. Feeling sorry for children makes it harder to achieve, as it sends all the wrong messages to the student. https://wp.me/p4hKgx-Xc Read more in our blog ‘Sympathy is no substitute for effective teaching’ https://wp.me/p4hKgx-Xc (2 min read).

This looks amazing and it’s available on BBC iPlayer 🙌🏼 “Storyville - Mr Nobody Against Putin”

A Russian schoolteacher secretly filmed his own workplace as it was turned into a war propaganda machine. That footage is now part of a documentary shortlisted for an Oscar. Here’s the story behind ‘Mr Nobody in Russia’:👇 [1/12]

My top 20 book recommendations for literacy interventionists #NationalYearOfReading: Day 12: Thinking Reading by @jamespmurphy.bsky.social and @diannemurphy.bsky.social is a powerful reminder that teenagers *can* learn to read if given the right support. tinyurl.com/mujyr8d6

Lovely evening for a walk with Alfie 🐩

Looks like a promising start to the day!

This is Alice, a trainer at Thinking Reading 📚

We can also be found on LinkedIn - if you're over do come and say hello! We'd love to connect with the reading and education community over there too. #UKEd #EduBlogUK

One of our Directors of Training shares why she works at Thinking Reading 📚

Sunday & + 3 links to this collection of links to #freeaccess #edu content👇🏻 saraslistofedresources.wordpress.com Today about #result #reports (fake or real) in a world of #competition & what result might be for #students & #schools? Thanks to authors❣️ Do spread- site is meant to be used… Now☕️

@asa.tsbalans.se @bjodah.bsky.social @pragmarxist.bsky.social @skolinkvisition.bsky.social @bethgg.bsky.social @diannemurphy.bsky.social @aliesbati.bsky.social

❓Why are both our organisation, and our teaching programme, called ‘Thinking Reading?’ Glad you asked!

'women have been known to have interesting interior lives even over the age of 35' who knew? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... enjoyed this @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social

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I Might Be Wrong, But... This “Edtech Revolution” Might Just Be the Next Big Fail (and got me fuming) theeconomyofmeaning.com/2025/08/26/i...

🔥 One of the largest suppliers of oil products in the south of Russia, the Novoshakhtinsk Refinery, continues to be closed for the 5th day in a row. Reuters writes that oil prices are rising after Ukraine's attacks on Russian energy facilities. A nice video from yesterday! 🤩