Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog: Interventions – stop swapping cows and magic beans...

Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog: Interventions – stop swapping cows and magic beans...: I hate the word ‘intervention’. It’s a nasty word that has crept into education. It’s so bad that parents and students are using it now. W...

CHILDMYTHS: Of Pigs, Parlors, and Unconventional Views of Atta...

CHILDMYTHS: Of Pigs, Parlors, and Unconventional Views of Atta...: On a number of occasions I’ve pointed put how Christian fundamentalists have attributed mental illness to demonic possession, and demoni...

TDRE Boss Blog: Core Knowledge: The Catholic 100

TDRE Boss Blog: Core Knowledge: The Catholic 100: Until I sit down with a few of my fellow Catholic educators and write the Canon of Catholic RE ( or even a whole school curriculum ), we ...

TDRE Boss Blog: My First Lesson for Y9+ - Teaching Note Taking

TDRE Boss Blog: My First Lesson for Y9+ - Teaching Note Taking: An outline of my first lesson: A brief welcome and hello.  Seating plan, alphabetically by first name to start with so I get to know n...

TDRE Boss Blog: Being Catholic

TDRE Boss Blog: Being Catholic: Back in July, I had two articles published: Schools Week: Let’s not turn RE into a weapon in the war against Catholic schools The Cath...

The Snow Report: An open letter to student teachers

The Snow Report: An open letter to student teachers: Dear Student Teachers I’d like to have a chat with you. It’s about reading. Yes, I know you’re probably being told to think about ...