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- How many pupils fall below the proposed national thresholds for legal intervention due to absence? – Education Datalab blog June 21, 2022
- Royal National Children’s Springboard Foundation evaluation report – Education Datalab blog June 20, 2022
- Teaching Vocabulary and Mighty Morphemes – The Confident Teacher June 18, 2022
- How many children are in unregistered alternative provision? – Education Datalab blog June 16, 2022
- Do teenagers who feel anxious about testing achieve worse GCSE grades? – Education Datalab blog June 15, 2022
- Write like the Romans – The Confident Teacher June 12, 2022
- Why A-Level physics students are doubly penalised by grading severity – Education Datalab blog June 8, 2022
- Criticising resources June 6, 2022
- Leading Literacy… And Communicating Complexity – The Confident Teacher June 5, 2022
- Embedding reading fluency in the KS3 English curriculum – David Didau: The Learning Spy May 29, 2022
- The Grammar Gap – The Confident Teacher May 28, 2022
- Closing the Writing Gap – New Resources – The Confident Teacher May 22, 2022
- Year 11 attendance during the build-up to exams – Education Datalab blog May 20, 2022
- The size of multi-academy trusts – Education Datalab blog May 18, 2022
- Introducing… Closing the Writing Gap – The Confident Teacher May 17, 2022
- Does taking A-Level maths improve your grades in physics and computer science? – Education Datalab blog May 13, 2022
- Repeat suspensions and exclusions during compulsory schooling – Education Datalab blog May 11, 2022
- Leading Literacy… And Purposeful Professional Development – The Confident Teacher May 7, 2022
- Kirchhoff — and die happy May 2, 2022
- Leading Literacy… And Influencing Teachers – The Confident Teacher April 30, 2022
- Is there is a link between Year 11 pupils’ wellbeing and their GCSE grades? – Education Datalab blog April 28, 2022
- Is A level maths a requirement for A level physics and computer science? – Education Datalab blog April 26, 2022
- Leading Literacy… And Perennial Problems – The Confident Teacher April 24, 2022
- The Importance of Early Literacy – Education Datalab blog April 15, 2022
- Five things we’ve learned this term about pupil absence – Education Datalab blog April 8, 2022
- 6 Micro-moves for Academic Talk – The Confident Teacher April 2, 2022
- Do disadvantaged students choose different subjects from their peers at Key Stage 5? – Education Datalab blog April 1, 2022
- Why has DfE chosen such an unusual measure as its GCSE target in the new White Paper? – Education Datalab blog March 28, 2022
- Simple Questions to Support Change – The Confident Teacher March 20, 2022
- 30 Years of Ofsted – Education Datalab blog March 16, 2022
- Units, you nit! March 13, 2022
- The case against Power Point as means of implementing curriculum – David Didau: The Learning Spy March 13, 2022
- The FFT Regional Attendance Tracker – Education Datalab blog March 11, 2022
- Does it matter if you don’t get a C (or 4) grade in GCSE mathematics? – Education Datalab blog March 10, 2022
- Assessing English at KS3 – David Didau: The Learning Spy March 5, 2022
- Come work with me… – David Didau: The Learning Spy March 4, 2022
- How can the government’s target of 90% of pupils achieving the expected standards at Key Stage 2 be achieved? – Education Datalab blog March 1, 2022
- Why ‘disrupting education’ doesn’t work – The Confident Teacher February 19, 2022
- Who should read aloud in class? – The Confident Teacher February 12, 2022
- How did the attainment gap change during the pandemic? – Education Datalab blog February 11, 2022
- Do disadvantaged children receive enough financial education in school? – Education Datalab blog February 11, 2022
- Are there socio-economic differences in how parents interact with their children about money? – Education Datalab blog February 11, 2022
- What’s the point of more elite sixth forms? – Education Datalab blog February 11, 2022
- The financial skills of children. What can rich kids do that poor kids can’t? – Education Datalab blog February 10, 2022
- How unequal are children’s financial literacy skills? – Education Datalab blog February 10, 2022
- Marking is murder! – The Confident Teacher February 5, 2022
- Will the Government’s latest attendance initiative work? – Education Datalab blog February 4, 2022
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Category Archives: Teacher Training
edapt | News | Blog: It should not be harder to work at McDonald’s than become a teacher
To be a McDonald’s floor manager you have to pass 3 exams; to be a teacher, if trends continue, you won’t have to pass anything. How Michael Gove has looked at the problems our education system and come to the … Continue reading
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School Direct : Preparing for the unknown.
Recently I’ve come to realise how much misinformation is out there about School Direct and so I wanted to start this blog with a bit about that. When telling people that I’ll be doing School Direct at least one person, … Continue reading
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Inside the Black Box of ITT
How do you start a blog? Unfortunately I’ve not managed night clubs or done extensive pedagogical research. My PGCE was the most stressful and formative year of my life as I changed from undergrad student to an adult. In a … Continue reading
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Eight sleeps to go until the Summer Institute
Originally posted on firstdayatschool:
As the 2013 cohort are buzzing with questions, I thought I’d ask a second year participant to share some words of wisdom. She very kindly obliged. It’s a week until the Summer Institute what should I…
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The Emerging Eduraptor: Learned things of my first year (Part One)
It feels strange to think about it, but I’ve nearly finished my first half of my first year of teaching. Already I can claim to know mor… Continued in The Emerging Eduraptor: Learned things of my first year (Part One):
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How can we improve Initial Teacher Training?
Originally posted on Joe Kirby:
Forge a new, school-led professionalism and bridge the gap between research and practice. In 1818, Thomas Telford, an engineer who’d designed over 30 bridges and canals, founded the Institution of Civil Engineers. By 1828,…
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Blog Post 2: making steps towards the Summer Institute
Originally posted on La Petite Prof:
Since my first post, I’ve had some great feedback so far – thank you! It’s 2.5 weeks until the Teach First Summer Institute begins and I can’t believe it but I’m almost ready. I’ve…
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Top 5 Myths About TeachFirst
Originally posted on Laura McInerney:
People inevitably differ on opinions about TeachFirst, the training route for “high-achieving graduates”. We can debate those opinions all day and I’m happy to do so. But too often those debates are hampered by ideas…
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