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- The importance of play (and why it’s better to avoid bullshit) – David Didau: The Learning Spy December 10, 2019
- My favourite reads this year – David Didau: The Learning Spy December 9, 2019
- ‘Who’s Left 2019’: additional (quirky) suggestions December 7, 2019
- The effect of GCSE reforms: How have they affected long-term disadvantaged pupils? – Education Datalab blog December 5, 2019
- The effect of GCSE reforms: Have they widened the disadvantage gap? – Education Datalab blog December 5, 2019
- Who’s Left 2019, part one: The disadvantage gap is bigger than we thought – Education Datalab blog December 5, 2019
- Who’s Left 2019, part three: The government needs to take action – Education Datalab blog December 5, 2019
- Who’s Left 2019, part two: How do you lose 6,700 pupils? – Education Datalab blog December 5, 2019
- Is England’s PISA 2018 data reliable? – Education Datalab blog December 3, 2019
- Nine key findings from PISA 2018 – Education Datalab blog December 3, 2019
- Data, data everywhere… – Education Datalab blog December 3, 2019
- Five things to remember when the PISA 2018 results are released – Education Datalab blog December 2, 2019
- Early schooling and the lifetime risk of increasing antisocial behaviour/conduct problems December 1, 2019
- What do the latest Early Years Foundation Stage Profile results show? – Education Datalab blog November 29, 2019
- From Guided to Independent Writing — Teachwell November 28, 2019
- When the going gets tough, schools make data – Education Datalab blog November 27, 2019
- The distorting lens of perspective (and why teachers need to be professionally sceptical) – David Didau: The Learning Spy November 26, 2019
- Should England continue participating in PISA? – Education Datalab blog November 26, 2019
- Mathematics Mastery evaluation report – Education Datalab blog November 25, 2019
- Magic Breakfast evaluation report – Education Datalab blog November 25, 2019
- The road to hell – David Didau: The Learning Spy November 24, 2019
- The Baron: Chapter One: Part two: Ofsted Derangement Syndrome… November 23, 2019
- Still standing… November 20, 2019
- Is Canada really an education “superpower”? The evidence is not as clear-cut as you might think – Education Datalab blog November 19, 2019
- What works best for children with SEND works best for all children – David Didau: The Learning Spy November 17, 2019
- Reading catch-up for older students: one-to-one or small groups? November 16, 2019
- Why I have a problem with PiXL November 15, 2019
- Should we bring back contextual value added? – Education Datalab blog November 15, 2019
- Should we eat more fish or more ice cream to boost PISA scores? – Education Datalab blog November 12, 2019
- Are schools ever at fault for exclusions? – David Didau: The Learning Spy November 11, 2019
- What causes exclusion and what does exclusion cause? – David Didau: The Learning Spy November 10, 2019
- Faff vs slick practice – why an experience with Direct Instruction should be the entitlement of every SCITT student November 9, 2019
- Breaking down education spending in England – Education Datalab blog November 8, 2019
- Contextualised attainment at Key Stage 2 – Education Datalab blog November 6, 2019
- Do proposed adjustments to grading in GCSE languages go far enough? – Education Datalab blog November 6, 2019
- Vice Chairs matter November 5, 2019
- Is PISA ‘fundamentally flawed’ because of the scaling methodology used? – Education Datalab blog November 5, 2019
- What should schools teach? – David Didau: The Learning Spy October 29, 2019
- How do GCSE grades relate to PISA scores? – Education Datalab blog October 29, 2019
- FIFA for the GCSE Physics calculation win October 27, 2019
- Never say never again October 27, 2019
- ‘Oh, he’s a hitter. That’s what he likes to do’ October 27, 2019
- The trouble with Shakespeare, or Should everything be easy? – David Didau: The Learning Spy October 26, 2019
- Are all types of reading equal, or are some more equal than others? – Education Datalab blog October 22, 2019
- The EYFS butterfly and the storm in Year Seven October 19, 2019
- Schools Like Yours: Now with 2019 data for secondary schools – Education Datalab blog October 18, 2019
- What do Ofsted reports reveal about the way schools are being inspected under the new framework? – David Didau: The Learning Spy October 17, 2019
- Secondary school league tables 2019: Four things we’ve learnt – Education Datalab blog October 17, 2019
- Solutions to problems with Progress 8, part one: qualification scoring – Education Datalab blog October 15, 2019
- Solutions to problems with Progress 8, part two: taking account of context – Education Datalab blog October 15, 2019
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Monthly Archives: September 2019
Textbooks are the answer to the teacher autonomy question
Originally posted on fish64:
“Fish is simply great – best teacher in the school” “Fish isn’t cut out for teaching and lessons were unbelievably dull” In nearly 30 years of teaching, I have heard the full range of comments about…
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What to do if your school has a batshit crazy marking policy
Originally posted on e=mc2andallthat:
I’m glad to say that I don’t have to do this kind of thing any more, as my current school has a sensible marking and feedback policy. For those of us who are less…
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The 2019 Income Deprivation Children Index – Education Datalab blog
What do IDACI and free school meal eligibility say about deprivation at regional level? Continued here: https://ift.tt/2ljqTDT
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Are they really learning, or have you just instigated widespread silent panic?
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England’s schools segregate by ability more than almost every other country in the world – Education Datalab blog
Comparing rates of setting and grouping by ability to those of other nations Continued here: https://ift.tt/2mLlyWp
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Some thoughts on ‘The children leaving school with nothing’ – Education Datalab blog
It’s worth digging under the surface of the Children’s Commissioner’s latest briefing Continued here: https://ift.tt/2m7XjRW
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How well do we measure teacher workload? – Education Datalab blog
Why the Department for Education’s main way of measuring teacher workload is not fit for purpose Continued here: https://ift.tt/307hemm
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