Riches on the TKI website

I was looking at English online on the TKI website today - what a treasure trove for teachers !
Do you subscribe to the monthly newsletters ?
http://englishonline.tki.org.nz/Community-Newsletters/August-2009

In this latest newsletter there was a link to this NZCER blog called Shifting to 21st Century literacy in education and thinking http://www.shiftingthinking.org/?cat=3 with an interesting post about using a sophisticated picture book - Cinderella : an art-deco love story by Lyn and David Roberts, to explore character, visual literacy, moral ambiguity...
Malice is in the eye of the beholder: 'We all know the story of Cinderella, the classic fairy tale of rags to riches. But I’m sure most of us have never stopped to think about why this story continues to be read to children around the world, the complexity of the characters, and the social messages that you can extrapolate from it....'

There is a new site on TKI dedicated to raising boys' achievement through professional development for their teachers. It includes current research and school stories that explore ways to build on the evidence of what works for boys. Here is the link http://success-for-boys.tki.org.nz/professional_learning Have a look at Botany Downs Secondary College "school story"...