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Jamie Fries
@jamiefr.bsky.social
CEO ReadingWise, working with schools to support thousands of pupils daily to improve reading.

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Are your literacy interventions stigmatising your students?

It's an uncomfortable question to ask, but important. Do the students you support view interventions as valuable, or as confirmation that they are somehow "less than"?

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Gold.
Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed.

(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
November 25, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Are your literacy interventions stigmatising your students?

It's an uncomfortable question to ask, but important. Do the students you support view interventions as valuable, or as confirmation that they are somehow "less than"?

🪡
November 25, 2024 at 11:46 AM
Reposted by Jamie Fries
Shocking news. 36% of UK children are living in poverty according to the latest Social Metrics Commission research (I am one of the Commissioners)
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
November 18, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Reposted by Jamie Fries
Worrying findings in our latest Social Metrics Commission report. 2 million more people plunged into hardship since 2019, 260 000 children. As I say in the article, we see the consequences of this as @trusselluk.bsky.social foodbanks strive to meet soaring need. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
More than one in three children in poverty as UK deprivation hits record high
Exclusive: Study finds almost quarter of UK population living in poverty, reaching the highest level this century
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Just reflecting on this:

AI poetry is indistinguishable from human poetry and rates more favourably.

These are ‘non-expert readers.’ Would have loved to have seen cohorts of expert readers in this study.

Does being an expert make you more able to distinguish?

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
AI-generated poetry is indistinguishable from human-written poetry and is rated more favorably - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - AI-generated poetry is indistinguishable from human-written poetry and is rated more favorably
www.nature.com
November 17, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Some favourite tunes of the week:

• Frazey Ford, If You Gonna Go
• Lous and the Yakuza, Dilemme
• Cosmo Sheldrake, Song of the Cedars
• Laurent Dury, Flutterings
• Fabulous Trobadors, Demain, demain

Anything on your playlist to share?

#SundayTunes
November 17, 2024 at 10:02 AM