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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: July 2013
Cognitive Psychology – Apply with Extreme Caution | imaginative-inquiry
I’ve always thought it interesting how, as a profession, we find the ideas of cognitive psychologists so beguiling and persuasive. As a recently qualified teacher, I first heard of the work of Howard Gardner at an INSET day in the … Continue reading
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The dichotomy between the catchy chorus and the pig squeal.
Originally posted on heavy metal leadership:
http://youtu.be/eBIa0o36pPo Senior leadership. It doesn’t matter who you are, or where you work, there will always be difficult conversations to be had, unpopular decisions to be made and other staff will resent you for…
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A Letter to my NQT self
Originally posted on Teaching: Leading Learning:
Dear Chris, It’s 1997, and you’re about to start your teaching career. In May, as you were completing your PGCE, Tony Blair led the Labour Party out of 18 years of opposition to win…
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The false dichotomy
Originally posted on Horatio Speaks:
There are certain concepts that become so much part of the language and the cultural assumptions of one’s profession that they go unnoticed. In education, one of the most prevalent – and pernicious – is…
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kitchen table math, the sequel: Gutting Out the Grammar
Lately, I have been thinking more about SteveH’s experience of an elementary teacher dismissing his young son’s knowledge of geography as “mere facts” because I have steered my family’s educational boat even more towards the classical model over the last … Continue reading
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Joe Baron: “F**k off, you c**t!” “Your mum sucks c**k!” A morning in the life of a teacher
The author is a teacher. Joe Baron is a pseudonym. 11am ‘F**k off!’ he shouts. John is typical of many of our kids: stunted, undernourished and utterly feral. ‘Come here, please,’ I reply, consciously controlling the tone of … Continue reading
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Who is the longest-serving Education Secretary? (NB: It’s not Gove)
Originally posted on Great Education Secretaries:
Michael Gove is currently 8th in the longevity stakes however he’s only a fortnight away from overtaking Kenneth Baker and stealing 7th place* (UPDATE: By time he left, he got much further). The winner…
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Reading for My Very Special Learners.
Originally posted on cherrylkd:
The Guardian recently printed a research project which found that teachers who read for pleasure are more confident, have better knowledge of books and are calmer in the classroom. The research concludes that trainee teachers should…
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Core Knowledge: A Lifeboat in the Sea of Information « The Core Knowledge Blog
Here’s a question I’m often asked: Now that we have Google and smartphones are becoming less expensive, isn’t the Core Knowledge approach obsolete? For anyone who knows that (1) cognitive science shows that having some relevant knowledge already stored in … Continue reading
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