Monthly Archives: October 2014

Originally posted on cavmaths:
Today the Sutton Trust report “What makes great teaching?” by Rob Coe, Cesare Aloisi, Steve Higgins and Lee Elliot Major was released. It’s a report I’ve eagerly been awaiting and I very much enjoyed reading it.…

Originally posted on drowningintheshallow:
Initially there were no monkeys. Just a proverb which focused on being good of mind, speech and of action. The monkeys themselves originated in Japan on a play on words of “see no evil, hear no…

Originally posted on cazzypotsblog:
? Today I went to a meeting with Mike Cladingbowl at the Ofsted office in Birmingham. There were a group nine of us Twitter teachers present, and a very pleasant meeting it was too. Mike was…

My Year Nines bundled into my classroom this morning with even more excitement than normal.  I attributed this extra energy to a combination of the high winds as the remnants of Hurricane Gonzalo battered our sceptered isle and the imminent … Continue reading →

Meet Joe. He was a boy who always just wanted to help people, and so grew up to be a government special adviser. But he soon discovered that politics doesn’t really help people at all; it’s made up of self-serving … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Education for Everyone:
The National Audit Office has once more concluded that the government’s approach to improving inadequate schools is a complete muddle. The DfE doesn’t know what is actually happening inside academy chains, local authorities and…

Originally posted on IOE LONDON BLOG:
Claire Cameron “What did you do at the weekend?” It seems like an innocuous question to ask pupils at the start of the school week. But for children in the care system it can…

Originally posted on Trivium 21c:
Please excuse this trumpet blowing. My scepticism about research and education is sorely tested every time a new report on what makes great teaching comes out. Why? Because when I read something talking about the structure…