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- 5 Free Research Reads On… The Primary to Secondary School Transition – The Confident Teacher January 28, 2023
- The relationship between Progress 8 and inspection outcomes – Education Datalab blog January 27, 2023
- Has peak PISA passed? A look at the attention results from international assessments receive – Education Datalab blog January 27, 2023
- Could there be demand for more post-16 maths? – Education Datalab blog January 25, 2023
- Which subjects do high attaining pupils go on to study at Key Stage 5? – Education Datalab blog January 24, 2023
- The Problem with ‘Just Google It’ – The Confident Teacher January 22, 2023
- 5 Free Research Reads on…Teacher Professional Development – The Confident Teacher January 21, 2023
- 5 Free Research Reads On… Teaching Spelling – The Confident Teacher January 14, 2023
- What happens to permanently excluded pupils? – Education Datalab blog January 10, 2023
- 7 Helpful Vocabulary Websites – The Confident Teacher January 7, 2023
- The long(er)-term impact of long-term disadvantage at school – Education Datalab blog January 4, 2023
- Autumn term absence round-up – Education Datalab blog December 15, 2022
- How much does prior attainment in English and maths vary by Key Stage 5 subject choice? – Education Datalab blog December 7, 2022
- Weekday attendance analysis: a new report for schools – Education Datalab blog December 6, 2022
- Scurvy Seadogs and Using Research Evidence – The Confident Teacher December 3, 2022
- Previously outstanding secondary schools – Education Datalab blog November 22, 2022
- 10 Creative Ways to Teach Vocabulary – The Confident Teacher November 19, 2022
- Special schools and academisation – Education Datalab blog November 16, 2022
- Understanding what makes some schools stressful places to work – Education Datalab blog November 15, 2022
- A quick overview of FFT estimates for secondary schools – Education Datalab blog November 11, 2022
- A quick overview of FFT estimates for primary schools – Education Datalab blog November 11, 2022
- The relationship between schools’ Progress 8 scores and the number of qualifications their pupils enter – Education Datalab blog November 8, 2022
- The rise of STEAM – Education Datalab blog November 7, 2022
- The Problem with Teaching Sophisticated Vocabulary – The Confident Teacher November 5, 2022
- Ten things we’ve learned about teachers’ anxiety about work during the pandemic – Education Datalab blog November 3, 2022
- The relationship between month of birth, exclusions and identification of special educational needs – Education Datalab blog November 2, 2022
- Absence in the first half term of 2022/23 – Education Datalab blog November 1, 2022
- Schools Like Yours – Updated for 2022 – Education Datalab blog October 31, 2022
- Teacher-led vs student-led lesson activities – David Didau: The Learning Spy October 29, 2022
- Key Stage 4 2022: The national picture – Education Datalab blog October 20, 2022
- Key Stage 4 2022: The picture at school level – Education Datalab blog October 20, 2022
- What’s Progress 8 good for? Lower-attaining pupils – Education Datalab blog October 18, 2022
- Gapless instruction vs ‘teaching to the top’ – David Didau: The Learning Spy October 15, 2022
- The incidence of special educational needs since the introduction of the new Code of Practice – Education Datalab blog October 11, 2022
- Using mini whiteboards in English – David Didau: The Learning Spy October 9, 2022
- Implementing English: five useful teaching strategies – David Didau: The Learning Spy October 9, 2022
- Flat packed curriculum – David Didau: The Learning Spy September 25, 2022
- The rate at which pupils left the state-funded mainstream school sector fell during the pandemic (but not among pupils with EHC plans) – Education Datalab blog September 21, 2022
- To what extent is the KS2 disadvantage gap explained by pupil absence? – Education Datalab blog September 20, 2022
- Developing Skilled Readers (Knowledge + Strategy) – The Confident Teacher September 17, 2022
- Does writing *really* matter in art and design? – The Confident Teacher September 10, 2022
- Digging further into the Key Stage 2 attainment gap – Education Datalab blog September 8, 2022
- Why teaching academic vocabulary matters – The Confident Teacher September 3, 2022
- Key Stage 4 attainment in 2022: The headlines – Education Datalab blog September 2, 2022
- Independent schools might not have gamed the system but the grades they awarded in 2020 and 2021 were still unfair – Education Datalab blog August 30, 2022
- Why don’t more pupils study modern foreign languages at GCSE? – Education Datalab blog August 26, 2022
- Some more things we’ve learned about schools’ GCSE results – Education Datalab blog August 26, 2022
- GCSE Results 2022: What does the National Reference Test tell us about how achievement in maths and English over time? – Education Datalab blog August 25, 2022
- GCSE results 2022: The main trends in grades and entries – Education Datalab blog August 25, 2022
- Six things to look out for on GCSE results day – Education Datalab blog August 24, 2022
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Monthly Archives: June 2013
Outside In: Gove – a price worth paying?
Michael Gove. Elicits strong reactions that name. From both hysterical anti-reform types as well from uncritical disciples of the #cultofGov… Continued in Outside In: Gove – a price worth paying?:
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Why are there sheep in the front playground?? Part 1
Originally posted on moultonhei:
Our first polytunel and beds Birkenhead is not known for it’s sheep…. The judge at the Cheshire show strides purposefully towards the young shepherds nervously holding their motley ovine charges. He is clearly landed gentry, tweedy-moleskined,…
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The Great Knowledge vs Skills (Non?)Debate?
Originally posted on Creative Teacher Support:
I’m wondering if I’m alone at the moment. It’s not an existential question. I’m just considering a flurry of recent, very well written, researched and considered blog posts around both sides of a debate…
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Before You Declare ED Hirsch’s ‘Core Knowledge’ As Evil, Know This:
Originally posted on Laura McInerney:
As someone who was initially sceptical of the idea, let me reassure you: there is nothing inherently evil about ED Hirsch’s “Core Knowledge”. Go look at if for yourself. All it consists of is a…
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Why I keep Reptiles in school.
Originally posted on moultonhei:
I have been teaching Science for 13 years, and in pretty much all that time I have kept animals of one form or another in school. As a Biologist you may think this is pretty commonplace…
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How My Thinking about School Reform Has Changed over the Decades (Part 1)
Originally posted on Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice:
A few years ago, Richard Elmore asked me to write a piece about how my ideas have changed over the years. Daily experience in schools as a teacher, administrator, and…
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What’s the difference between remembering and memorising?
Originally posted on …to the real.:
Memorisation is an active process. Remembering is passive. At least this is my inexpert claim; I would like to hear other people’s thoughts, based on what they’ve read. Ah distinctly I remember, it was…
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The Myth of the ‘Quality of Teaching’
Originally posted on kevenbartle's Blog:
If you’re only as good as your last post on a subject then I am completely off my rocker to even try and attempt a second “Myth of…” post. The first one, on “The…
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Lord of the Flies for SEN #blogsync
Originally posted on cherrylkd:
This blog forms part of June’s #blogsync. #Blogsync is a wonderful showcase for sharing great examples of teaching practise. This month’s calls for our best classroom explanation. I can’t offer you my best one as it…
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