Dr Bartek Rajkowski | Speech-language pathologist | Creator of ReadingDoctor® | Building evidence-based literacy & learning tools
Australia
Joined September 2010
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The latest season of @ehanford’s #SoldAStory has particular resonance for me. The opening audio in episode 1 is of a preschool classroom in 1966. That’s the year I started school and was blessed to be taught (explicitly) by Mrs Enid R. I reconnected with Mrs R. late last year who told me “We didn’t call it explicit instruction in those days. We just called it teaching”.
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Well-deserved recognition of a staunch and well-informed advocate for evidence-informed reading instruction, always putting students and their teachers first 🙌
We’re thrilled to see Dr. Louisa Moats recognized in @TIME for her extraordinary contributions to literacy!
“Dr. Moats has never veered from what matters most: empowering educators with evidence-aligned knowledge.” — Dr. Maria Murray
Read the profile: bit.ly/4xPiWV7
ALT Graphic of Louisa Moats, Ph.D. with the the title of a TIME Magazine profile of her "The Woman Winning Reading the Wars"
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Don't miss this Queensland friends! Reading Fluency from the expert. trybooking.com/au/event/1633… @SpeldQld
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Bringing the Reading Sciences Into the Classroom: Insights for Phonics Instruction - Tobias Ungerer, Kathleen Rastle, Blair C. Armstrong, 2026 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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Information can be beautiful.
Evolution of the Alphabet
(by @usefulcharts)
ALT Infographic showing the "Evolution of the Alphabet" from Proto-Sinaitic (c. 1750 BCE) to Modern Latin Script. Colorful arrows trace the development of each letter through Phoenician, Archaic Greek, Archaic Latin, and Roman scripts, culminating in the modern 26-letter alphabet. The image demonstrates how letter shapes transformed over time.
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Dr Bartek Rajkowski aka @ReadingDoctor gave a poignant reminder of the devastating impact of reading failure in his speech at the @CodeReadNetwork Gala ball. A must read for parents, teachers and policymakers.
Access here docs.google.com/document/u/0…
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I am very much looking forward to presenting the Dean's Lecture at @UniMelb in November, about why it's so important for schools to encourage real reading and the acquisition of knowledge for all students. It's a free event and tickets are now available.
go.unimelb.edu.au/i53p
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This one’s been working its way through the academic publishing machinery for a while and thanks to @tserry2504 and @PamelaSnow2, it is here. Such a joy to work with them, @DrLSHammond @TinaDanielZ, Dr Kym Simoncini & @ceacg while the Catalyst project was getting started. Thanks to the Snow Foundation for supporting it.
Early outcomes of a structured literacy implementation across a school system: the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn Catalyst program. @tserry2504 @buckingham_j @PamelaSnow2 @DrLSHammond Kym Simoncini @TinaDanielZ
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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If, like me, you are fascinated by the history of theory and research on reading, this brilliant journal article is for you. If you just want the moral of the story, it’s please stop using running records for assessing reading. They are based on disproven theory and flawed research. There are many better options.
By Annie Unger, @PamelaSnow2, @tserry2504 and @TessaWeadman
Link below 👇
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The countdown begins! Just one month until the SPA 2025 Conference with innovative sessions, engaging presenters, and networking opportunities.
Thanks to AlliedX, @ReadingDoctor & splose.
Register now: speechpathologyaustralia.org…
#SPA2025CONF
ALT SPA 2025 Conference 13-15 June 2025 | Tarntanya Adelaide | Communicate Your Way One Month to Go
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Thanks Jennifer. Your robust research has been instrumental.
Explicit instruction and systematic phonics are proven as most effective ways to teach children to read and we need to do what’s best for children - regardless of postcode, languages spoken at home or neurodiversity.
Thank you @bencarroll for hearing the advice of reading experts in Victoria and around Australia, and acting decisively on behalf of students and teachers.
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All schools should take the Reading Pledge, it’s an evidence-based framework for schools to dramatically reduce the number of children who finish primary school unable to read proficiently and support struggling readers in secondary school fivefromfive.com.au/reading-… @LD_Australia
Literacy is a fundamental human right. Today, on #InternationalLiteracyDay, we acknowledge the collective responsibility to ensure every child has access to the literacy education they deserve.
#LiteracyForAll
ALT Literacy is a fundamental human right, and we acknowledge the collective responsibility to ensure every child has access to the literacy education they deserve. #InternationalLiteracyDay Logo: TRL
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What is phonics and why is it used to teach reading? A great piece by @AusLiteracy Director @SaskiaKohnen, @Adv_Literacy Director Rauno Parrila & ARC laureate professor @annecastles theconversation.com/what-is-… via @ConversationEDU
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"We know that phonics is an essential foundation in the early stages of learning to read – but the question remains: how can we make it better?” Click below to read about how our Centre is addressing current issues in Australia's literacy landscape 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
shorturl.at/72vuK
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Always something to learn from @PamelaSnow2 as she chats to @learnwithmrlee about evidence-based reading instruction & why changing teacher practice can be so challenging.
learnwithlee.net/kft-pamelas…
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Recreating the Spelling for Life Lower and Upper Primary resources this week. I love sharing the good works of others. Take a look at this page on alphabet charts and check out @ReadingDoctor's offerings if you get the chance!
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This will be an incredible conference in Gippsland. @PamelaSnow2 @lifelonglit
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The Reading Pledge contains a roadmap to get us to the 95% fivefromfive.com.au/reading-… @LD_Australia
The amazing @tserry2504, reminding us that no-one should be happy with approx 30% of students failing to read proficiently. According to Dr. Kerry Hepenstall, cognitive science suggests we should be aiming for 95% proficiency. readingdoctor.com.au/how-sho… @SOTLAus
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oh dear - attending the session by @ehanford @PamelaSnow2 @tserry2504 @DrLSHammond today where they all clearly talked about how this is NOT evidence based nor useful and is basically a waste of precious teaching time and leading children to use unhelpful strategies @SOTLAus
It’s 2024 and a parent at our clinic was given this bookmark with a bunch of PM readers by her well-meaning but ill-informed school in an effort to help her teach her child to read. All of this eagle eyein’, fish lippin’, stretchy snakein’, monkey chunkin’, lion tryin’, dolphin flippin’ and frog skippin’ is a crock of 💩, and not consistent with teaching kids to read properly: readingdoctor.com.au/how-sho…
@FIVEfromFIVE @PamelaSnow2 @Dr_emmagrace @LisaFurlong212 @tserry2504 @buckingham_j
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Less than 50 tickets left! Don’t miss out on seeing this great line up. Breakouts will be announced soon. @SharingBestPrac Adelaide
