PsychBrief: That's not quite right... Stereotype threat

PsychBrief: That's not quite right... Stereotype threat: Don't you just love being wrong? Of course you don't, no one does. But there is a grim satisfaction in no longer believing something...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: Evidence-based practice and some common misconcept...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: Evidence-based practice and some common misconcept...: Over the last 12 months I have been lucky enough to have the opportunity to read, reflect and write about evidence-based practice and educa...

Evidence Based EFL: Seeking Nirvana

Evidence Based EFL: Seeking Nirvana: “Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing  because he could do only a little.”  – Edmund Burke How do you know that smoking...

School Data Updates: How I track Ofsted

School Data Updates: How I track Ofsted: This is something I used to do for the LA and often end up doing for HTs when they ask me "what are Ofsted up to? Will we be next?&quot...

Shanahan on Literacy: Decoding Dyslexia: A Rose by Any other Name

Shanahan on Literacy: Decoding Dyslexia: A Rose by Any other Name: Teacher Question: As I watch the Dyslexia Awareness movement gain momentum and grassroots organizations such as Decoding Dyslexia spur the...

The Baron: With one week to go till Christmas, I’ve been purg...

The Baron: With one week to go till Christmas, I’ve been purg...: According to my former departmental colleagues in my former school, ‘anyone who votes for the Conservative party is thick’, the British Emp...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: All I want for Christmas is to find out 'what work...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: All I want for Christmas is to find out 'what work...: There's an old, old  joke.  A son asks his father if he would buy him an Action Man for Christmas.  Christmas morning arrives, and th...

Teaching Science: Tracking and Evidence

Teaching Science: Tracking and Evidence: When I started teaching we'd all give our students tests at the end of a topic. They'd get 18/24 and we'd would add this to a s...

Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog: Chimera Measurements: will somebody please tell me...

Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog: Chimera Measurements: will somebody please tell me...: First they focused on the lesson observations and I shouted out because the focus was on showing progress at all times in a lesson. ...

My packet of crisps: Cross.com

My packet of crisps: Cross.com: Today I am cross.  I am cross enough to have to leave an email in my drafts until I've calmed down long enough to read it (and possibly ...

School Data Updates: LAy and their target setting turkey

School Data Updates: LAy and their target setting turkey: I worry about Local Authorities sometimes. A couple of weeks ago I blogged about LAx and their dreadfully damaging and overly simplistic R...

Outside In: Some thoughts on the floods

Outside In: Some thoughts on the floods: Just some loose (and not terribly well refined) thoughts on the last few days. This was my school on Sunday morning. This is ...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: I'm 'dreaming' of a White Christmas and a school I...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: I'm 'dreaming' of a White Christmas and a school I...: If you are interested in developing a great school work-place which will contribute to reducing teacher workload, stress and turnover, then ...

To boldly go...: Year 7 lessons #1

To boldly go...: Year 7 lessons #1: I hadn't been feeling well today so was home early and daughter could walk back here from her bus. She started year 7 in September and t...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: The Seven Alternatives to Evidence-Based Teaching ...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: The Seven Alternatives to Evidence-Based Teaching ...: As we approach the end of the autumn term and now that we have entered the month of December, it seems time for a more upbeat and hopefully ...

We shall not cease from exploration...: Rethinking RE

We shall not cease from exploration...: Rethinking RE: Another month, another set of reports! So, a lot has happened over the past month... Another major report has been published (two, if y...

TDRE Boss Blog: Save RE - From Itself? Again?

TDRE Boss Blog: Save RE - From Itself? Again?: Yet again, disagreement features on Save RE. Previous arguments such those of 'the crucifixion jelly hand', 'teaching the Ill...

Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog: Learning to love the humble multiple-choice questi...

Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog: Learning to love the humble multiple-choice questi...: There is something that is very frustrating in English lessons. It isn’t something that, we, English teachers talk about, but we do have to...