Evidence Based Educational Leadership: The school research lead and '57' definitions of r...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: The school research lead and '57' definitions of r...: If you work in a school and have anything to do with research, evidence-informed teaching or practitioner inquiry, this post is for you.  In...

The Snow Report: How to influence your students' brain chemistry an...

The Snow Report: How to influence your students' brain chemistry an...: Image source I'm not the first academic commentator to be critical of the rapid infiltration of classrooms by so-called "neu...

We shall not cease from exploration...: RE in 2020

We shall not cease from exploration...: RE in 2020: This month’s challenge in the RE and Philosophy Echo Chamber is to imagine what RE will be like in 2020. If I were cynical (and those of yo...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: Strategic Inquiry - An Alternative to Lesson Study...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: Strategic Inquiry - An Alternative to Lesson Study...: If you want to explore alternatives to Lesson Study, this post is for you.  Nell Scharf Panero and Joan Talbert's 2013  book  ...

Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog: Uncomfortable peer assessment and the murder of ‘E...

Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog: Uncomfortable peer assessment and the murder of ‘E...: I have a big problem with ‘peer’ and ‘self’ assessment - I am not going to beat around the bush about this one. There are several times ...

The Girl on the Piccadilly Line: Parents' Evening

The Girl on the Piccadilly Line: Parents' Evening: I'll never forget my first parents' evening - by the 28th appointment I was so tired I referred to the child by the wrong name. T...

Thoughts on managing variability: School's own data in the Ofsted inspection data da...

Thoughts on managing variability: School's own data in the Ofsted inspection data da...: Hopefully if you are involved in secondary school data you will already be aware of the publication of the Ofsted "Inspection dashboard...

School Data Updates: What is sufficient progress?

School Data Updates: What is sufficient progress?: In the crazy world of competitive shin kicking, combatants apparently shout "Sufficient!" when they've had enough. I know how...

Shanahan on Literacy: Response to the Joyful Illiterate Kindergartners o...

Shanahan on Literacy: Response to the Joyful Illiterate Kindergartners o...: Reader Question:   The Atlantic Atlantic Article  just published an article about the mistake American educators make by teaching reading ...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: Lesson Study - The New Brain Gym?

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: Lesson Study - The New Brain Gym?: If you are interested in teaching and learning, teacher professional development or school improvement, this post is for you.  Unfortunately...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: Lesson Study - The New Brain Gym?

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: Lesson Study - The New Brain Gym?: If you are interested in teaching and learning, teacher professional development or school improvement, this post is for you.  Unfortunately...

Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog: Drama in lessons

Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog: Drama in lessons: Before you skip this blog…wait. This isn’t a blog about the benefits of drama in the curriculum. This isn’t a blog crying about how drama ...

kitchen table math, the sequel: Help desk - math HW

kitchen table math, the sequel: Help desk - math HW: What's the story with this little boy's homework? (And how old do you think he is? I'm guessing 2nd grade - ?) If you click on...

To boldly go...: Integrity

To boldly go...: Integrity: When I came out of assembly on Friday at quarter past three our secretary came to find me looking worried.  She said my daughter had phoned ...

The Introverted Teacher: Dear Reader,How do you feel about feminism? Hav...

The Introverted Teacher: Dear Reader,

How do you feel about feminism?  Hav...: Dear Reader, How do you feel about feminism?  Have you ever called yourself a feminist? I had the privilege yesterday of attending (a...

The Baron: How brain-busting jargon dehumanises education

The Baron: How brain-busting jargon dehumanises education: 'Excuse me, sir. Seeing as how the V.P. is such a V.I.P., shouldn't we keep the P.C. on the Q.T.? 'Cause if it leaks to the V.C...

School Data Updates: The Grim Fairy Tale of Teacher Assessment

School Data Updates: The Grim Fairy Tale of Teacher Assessment: It occurred to me recently that if statutory teacher assessment were a fairy tale it would be Cinderella. Loved and cherished in the Early Y...

frenchteacher: Correcting students' errors

frenchteacher: Correcting students' errors: I am currently reading The Handbook of Language Teaching edited by Michael Long and Catherine Doughty. It's an excellent summary of rese...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: The School Research Lead - Can research help reduc...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: The School Research Lead - Can research help reduc...: Sometimes on Twitter you read a tweet which cannot be answered by using the Uzi like rapid fire of 140 characters, and which deserves a far ...

ssphonix: Why does phonics teaching appear not to be impacti...

ssphonix: Why does phonics teaching appear not to be impacti...: Recent 'evidence' that the government's emphasis on phonics does not appear to be impacting on reading standards overall, despit...

Teacher's Notes: I am a feminist. I am a teacher. I am Mrs C Spaldi...

Teacher's Notes: I am a feminist. I am a teacher. I am Mrs C Spaldi...: My love affair with feminism started at the age of 16, the moment I read an article in 'The Independent' declaring "Is this w...

TDRE Boss Blog: The Best Of What We Know...

TDRE Boss Blog: The Best Of What We Know...: At any moment in time, that should be our aim. For too long in education we have accepted  'peddled quackery' and '...

To boldly go...: Fraud police-special ops

To boldly go...: Fraud police-special ops: I have been reflecting on the blog post I wrote yesterday and I just want to add a little more.  I thought quite hard first thing this morni...

To boldly go...: Data's inferno

To boldly go...: Data's inferno: Half an hour before getting up time today my stomach tightened into a painful knot.  Improvement adviser visit this morning. I have an exper...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: The School Research Lead: Are you a positive devi...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: The School Research Lead: Are you a positive devi...: Are you - the School Research Lead - a positive deviant?  If not, you need to become a positive deviant yourself or at least help others to ...

The Girl on the Piccadilly Line: In Teachers We Trust

The Girl on the Piccadilly Line: In Teachers We Trust: I My first three weeks in my new job may not have gained as much press coverage as Jeremy Corbyn's but they have been no less eve...

Evidence Based EFL: Guide to methods part 3: What Richards and Rodgers...

Evidence Based EFL: Guide to methods part 3: What Richards and Rodgers...: I always had something of a soft spot for Suggestopedia  with it's comfy chairs, baroque music and meditation. It always seemed to me ...

Shanahan on Literacy: Does Formative Assessment Improve Reading Achievem...

Shanahan on Literacy: Does Formative Assessment Improve Reading Achievem...:                          Today I was talking to a group of educators from several states. The focus was on adolescent literacy. We were di...

The Introverted Teacher: Dear Reader,Have you ever finished something and...

The Introverted Teacher: Dear Reader,

Have you ever finished something and...: Dear Reader, Have you ever finished something and had no feedback on it?  Did you enjoy the experience? Call me a perennial teacher&#...

frenchteacher: You say tomato, I say tomato.

frenchteacher: You say tomato, I say tomato.: By following many teachers on Twitter from around the world, I find myself interested in the different perspectives on language teaching and...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: The School Research Lead - The Evidence Says Its A...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: The School Research Lead - The Evidence Says Its A...: So you've read the research papers and separated the wheat from the chaff.  You've identified the research papers where it's jus...

frenchteacher: Saving time on planning

frenchteacher: Saving time on planning: I understand that many schools ask teachers to produce a written lesson plan for every lesson on a standard proforma. I would have hated tha...

School Leadership - A Scottish Perspective: We are not the problem, we are the solution

School Leadership - A Scottish Perspective: We are not the problem, we are the solution: The title of this post comes from a tweet Alma Harris sent in response to Sir Michael Wilshaw's latest pronouncement on education in Eng...

School Leadership - A Scottish Perspective: Relentless incremental improvements or micro-manag...

School Leadership - A Scottish Perspective: Relentless incremental improvements or micro-manag...: I saw Mathew Syed on the television this morning. He was talking about his new book 'Black Box Thinking', a follow up to his big sel...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: The School Research Lead - Getting Better at Analy...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: The School Research Lead - Getting Better at Analy...: I n previous posts I've written about the need to 'strip, flip and trace' when trying to determine good educational science from...

The Baron: All you left-wing traditionalists: you really shou...

The Baron: All you left-wing traditionalists: you really shou...: I recently read an incredibly thought-provoking article on Labour Teachers by   Greg Ashman , a practising teacher, entitled, 'Do lefti...

School Data Updates: The house that moved: my meeting with Ofsted.

School Data Updates: The house that moved: my meeting with Ofsted.: I had some weird dreams last week. One involved a cottage that slipped its anchor and rolled down a hill, crashing into a farmyard. I emerg...

The Baron: God Help Me!

The Baron: God Help Me!: I've finally taken the plunge. After six years of service, back in May, I reluctantly decided to throw in the towel and move on, hopefu...

TDRE Boss Blog: Pontifex: An Etended Metaphor

TDRE Boss Blog: Pontifex: An Etended Metaphor: Before I decided upon this metaphor for my first year of pastoral leadership, I needed to check with a priest (and canon lawyer) that it...

TDRE Boss Blog: Why can't we talk about intelligence and genetics?...

TDRE Boss Blog: Why can't we talk about intelligence and genetics?...: At ResearchEd 2014, I stumbled into Andrew Sabisky's talk on IQ. It wasn't my intention to go to it, but whatever I had...

The Snow Report: Can we just leave the brain out of this please?

The Snow Report: Can we just leave the brain out of this please?:   Image source It might sound like a strange request from someone who has spent much of her professional life trying to achieve a modes...

nikki able: #rED15 – Information, inspiration and empowerment!...

nikki able: #rED15 – Information, inspiration and empowerment!...: When I tell people that I will be spending my Saturday at ‘yet another education conference’, I tend to get one of two responses.  Either p...

The Introverted Teacher: Dear Reader,Have you ever attended a conference?...

The Introverted Teacher: Dear Reader,

Have you ever attended a conference?...: Dear Reader, Have you ever attended a conference?  Have you ever come away satisfied? I'm fresh from the train after attending rED15...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: researchED London 2015 and knowing when to trust t...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: researchED London 2015 and knowing when to trust t...: In 19th century North America salesmen travelled across the continent promising wonder cures for all manners of ailments.  However, once t...