What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma. It's *scientific publishing*. We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing. Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_... Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇

A staggering statistic: "North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year." What are we doing?

Does 'Baby Talk' mess with language learning? Find out what the science says in the debut episode of "HELLO Lab Presents" www.youtube.com/watch?v=2riD...

🚨New episode in video & audio!🚨 What happens when a mathematician becomes Education Minister? Nuno Crato led an education turnaround in Portugal. The result? Portugal went from near the bottom to outperforming Finland on PISA/TIMSS. How? Episode link below 👇

We're pleased to share this feature story on JUMP Math Founder, Dr. John Mighton just published in Victoria University's, Vic Report, which highlights his formative years at UofT, why he was drawn to pursue math, and his accomplishments in philosophy, playwriting and, later, in mathematics.

A 25-year study finds many with Childhood Apraxia of Speech continue to face speech and literacy challenges into adulthood, especially those with early motor difficulties (Lewis et al.2024). #SpeechApraxia #CAS #SLT speechapraxia.co.uk/about-sauk/f...

Interactive —10,000 districts, 3 million kids: These schools are beating the odds in teaching kids to read @chadaldeman.bsky.social www.the74million.org/article/thes...

The Power of Handwriting: Improved Reading, Thinking, Memory and Learning www.the74million.org/article/the-...

We're proud to share that JUMP Math has again been recognized by Charity Intelligence Canada as a Top 10 Impact: Youth Charity in 2025. For the 16th year in a row, JUMP Math has also earned a 5-star rating from Charity Intelligence as a Top 100 Charity.

🇨🇦 teen’s first full-length award-winning documentary, “Chronically,” captures these issues in medical & lived experiences of 5 teen girls with #chronicillness & rarer disgnoses. It’s screening virtually as part of the Awareness Film Festival in LA, Oct 27-Dec. 31 Read & hear more: CBC interview ⬇️

New research from University of Waterloo Psychology researchers (Elizabeth Nilsen, Charlotte Aitken, Kate Van Kessel) offers new insights into how adolescents and their parents' mentalizing and reflective functioning shape peer relationships. Check it out: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41129544/

Built like Champions; Betrayed by Schools From the Literacy Now podcast & YouTube / Parents for Reading Justice Featuring literacy advocates & authors Ameer Baraka & Deon Butler youtu.be/MyXmmhOJBHw?... #dyslexia #scienceofreading #structuredliteracy #righttoread #ElemEd #academicsky #edusky

Local teen’s first full-length documentary, “Chronically,” about 5 teens’ journeys with #chronicillness, debuts in virtual program at the Awareness Film Festival in LA, starting Oct 27. #chronicillnessawareness #potsawarenessday #indiefilm #film #filmmaking #seeitbeit #childhealth #pediatrics

Want to get young students excited to tell, listen to, and act out stories? 💬🕺 Educator Tracy Mertens explains how to bring story-acting into your classroom! #PreK #preschool #EarlyChildhoodEducation

See 🇨🇦@johnmighton,bsky.social founder of internationally recognized @jumpmath.bsky.social curriculum in interview with CTV News Halifax #math #scienceofmath #elemed #K12 #prek youtu.be/bsVZByz6VWI?...

3000 reads as of today on ResearchGate! The Power of Board Games for Multidomain Learning in Young Children www.museumofplay.org/journalofplay/ Thanks @thestrongmuseum.bsky.social for your open access American Journal of Play making research more accessible! #play #boardgames #playislearning

Today is #DLDday around the world to help bring awareness to Developmental Language Disorder which is still underrecognized and can impact 2 children in every classroom of 30 for whom understanding language and talking is more difficult. Learn more at RADLD.org radld.org?s=Classroom+...

📣 Today is Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) Awareness day. To mark #DLDDAY Voice 21 & @naplic.bsky.social hosted a webinar which explored what to look out for & shared practical strategies to support children with DLD in the classroom. Watch it here 👇 oracyoctober.voice21.org/session-regi...

Sold a Story fans - we've got something new! www.youtube.com/shorts/a94It...

Thanks to those who have been boosting my Unofficial Guide To Bluesky. Much appreciated, since I've put a lot of work into this project. publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/bl... #BlueSkyTips

Because language is so essential to learning, teachers have a unique role in identifying and supporting students with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). Around 2 children in every class of 30 have DLD. So every teacher needs to know about DLD! Resources: www.naplic.org.uk/dld-resource...

DLD is a lifelong condition and it does make lots of things more challenging. BUT once a person's needs are identified and they are supported they can thrive. This is why we need far more awareness of Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)! www.naplic.org.uk/developmenta... #DevLangDis #DLDday

It's been a busy week in the lab! We just packed up and delivered over 200 board games to Kitchener Public Library! Check out our lab IG @talk2thrivelab to see some behind-the-scenes fun as featuring Lab Outreach Manager, Olivia, plays real-life Tetris packing up all these games into 21 boxes!

#babies #infants #languagedevelopment #earlyyears #parents

#Bskyedu #CdnEd #ElemEd

If you’re new here, just as I did for 14 years on 🐦 site, I share openly available research & info on child development focusing on #language & #literacy, as well as #playfullearning & communication in urban spaces across the lifespan. #s help you search my feed for a topic. My UWaterloo 🇨🇦 lab ⬇️

#openaccess Dialogic book reading intervention for children with DLD across different languages and cultural settings: An international feasibility study #DevLangDis #DLDday Oct 17 #languagedevelopment #picturebooks #literacy #earlyintervention #preschoolers #bskyspeechies

Comfortable Fictions: The Myth of Multiple Intelligences carlhendrick.substack.com/p/comfortabl...

👏 @jumpmath.bsky.social 🇨🇦 #earlyed #ECE #earlyyears #math #prek #preschool

Oct 17 is #DLDday Internationally! This is a great podcast to learn more about Developmental Language Disorder, a hidden but common lifelong disability that affects 2 children in every classroom of 30. #DLD #ElemEd #cdned #K12 #languagedevelopment

How your brain conducts the symphony of speech. My latest post on @psychtoday.bsky.social , excerpted and adapted from my forthcoming book, Wired for Words @mitpress.bsky.social www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wire...

#openaccess FULL e-book! Connecting Neuroscience to Education brill.com/display/titl... #bskyedu #education #K12 #neuroscience #cognition #learning #scienceoflearning #cdned

Important new research by University of Waterloo’s @uwaterloopsych.bsky.social Sara Hart and colleagues demonstrates that genetic or environmental influences on reading skills change with age. see: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Zhang & Yu (2025) eye-tracking study: 12mos selectively focus on only a few objects at naming moments while viewing cluttered scenes; gaze highly constrained by visual saliency of scenes➡️highlights perception’s role in early word learning #EarlyYears #DevPsySky #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...

On @rastokke.bsky.social podcast Balanced literacy didn’t work – will balanced math? With Ben Solomon podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c... #math #scienceofmath #elemed

Interview with John Mighton of @jumpmath.bsky.social Building Math Confidence, One Problem at a Time podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p... #math #elemed #bskyedu

How one math teacher’s training went so wrong open.substack.com/pub/hollykor... via The Bell Ringer on Substack #math #bskyedu #highered

Yay! So glad to have been a part of this team. Go @drsrishtin.bsky.social et al!!

More than half the states have passed new reading laws since Sold a Story. We just updated our article and map. www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...

Curious why a standard picture book is 32 pages in traditional #KidLit trade publishing? And why NOT all 32 pages are for story content? In this #PictureBooks101 post, I explain picture book format & construction: debbieohi.com/2025/09/pict...

‘For many Ts, balanced literacy was a welcome turn away from lesson plans in which all children at a certain grade level read the same stories and answered the same predetermined Q’s... “It used books that kids would actually read, which made it more meaningful for them.”’ archive.ph/7lass

#scienceofmath #elemed #cdned #math Follow 🇨🇦 Anna Stokke for many more links to episodes of her Chalk and Talk podcast, other podcasts she’s appeared on, and for much more information about evidence-informed math instruction!

#openaccess Early outcomes of a structured literacy implementation across a school system: the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn Catalyst program www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #scienceofreading #structuredliteracy #righttoread #OntEd #CdnEd #literacyisequity #untilallcanread

Early reading failure fuels the school-to-prison pipeline. In a new op-ed, educator & national speaker @hilderbrandpelzer3.bsky.social explains why literacy is freedom work & how leaders can interrupt the pipeline where it begins: in our classrooms.

Academic papers ask "Does X improve learning?" but schools need to know "Does X improve learning enough to justify its implementation costs compared to alternative Y?"

Nothing tickles your baby’s funny bone like the unexpected. (Thread 🧵)

@radld.bsky.social are relatively new on BlueSky. Please give them a follow and join the growing community raising awareness of Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). Learn about DLD, connect and make a difference. #DevLangDis #DLDday

This is a really important point about language. Whilst early intervention is critical, it is not sufficient for those with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). They need access to support over longer time frames. #DevLangDis