Monthly Archives: April 2019

What impact did Wolf review reforms have on post-16 choices and attainment? Continued here: http://bit.ly/2ZNvn4U

What impact did Wolf review reforms have on exam entries and attainment? Continued here: http://bit.ly/2UMqLsd

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At last, someone is talking about the elephant in the room. Teachers held at gunpoint for meaningless data What the writer underplays is the fact that some schools actively welcomed this approach, because it was…

The second post in a new series exploring the impact that within-school variation has Continued here: http://bit.ly/2PCeCoT

When I was a student I was given a lot of detentions. After some particularly appalling behaviour on a French exchange trip I was given two months of 1 hour after school detentions. This was a big… Continued here http://bit.ly/2vq2tdn

Originally posted on Filling the pail:
Embed from Getty Images I took part in a Symposium today at the DSF conference in Perth. The Symposium was about discovery learning versus explicit teaching. Kathy Rastle presented some fascinating data from an…

Originally posted on Filling the pail:
Embed from Getty Images Have you ever been caught speeding? If so, why? Did you make a conscious decision to drive faster than the speed limit? Did you disagree with the speed limit, believing…

Originally posted on Filling the pail:
Embed from Getty Images The working title of my book was The Truth about Teaching: An evidence-based guide for new teachers. I changed ‘evidence-based’ to ‘evidence-informed’ prior to publication. I think we can perhaps…

thinkingreadingwritings How hard can it be? At first sight, there may seem to be little relationship between mental health and acquiring the skills to read well. In fact, the problems engendered by poor reading permeate all areas of one’s life. … Continue reading →

Earlier this week, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn turned up at the NEU annual conference with some crowd pleasing ideas. The most eye-catching of these was that he would, if elected, scrap SATs, saying,… Continued here http://bit.ly/2vfdnT4