Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog: A pen licence? It is only just a stupid piece of p...

Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog: A pen licence? It is only just a stupid piece of p...: I am a dad. A wise teacher once told me that when you become a parent, your view on teaching changes. And, in truth, it does subtly. I fee...

Evidence Based EFL: Student Feedback dos and don'ts

Evidence Based EFL: Student Feedback dos and don'ts: Which of the following do you think has the biggest impact on 'student evaluation of teaching' (SET) feedback? How hard the course...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: The school research lead and the evidence for coac...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: The school research lead and the evidence for coac...: Recently a meta-analysis by (Kraft, Blazar, & Hogan, 2016) affirming the effectiveness of coaching as a developmental tool gained some...

Tom Bennett's School Report: Money buys luck. Everyone else needs to work hard

Tom Bennett's School Report: Money buys luck. Everyone else needs to work hard: 'Look darling- straight A*s again.' In Florence Foster Jenkins (2016), Meryl Streep plays the eponymous New York heiress socia...

Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog: The Photocopier is jammed

Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog: The Photocopier is jammed: I really liked Jo Facer’s recent blog on ‘PowerPoint’ recently. An exploration of things we take for granted in teaching. Things we see as...

TDRE Boss Blog: Pope Francis on TED: Lessons for School Leaders

TDRE Boss Blog: Pope Francis on TED: Lessons for School Leaders: Today the first Papal TED talk was published. Recorded in the Vatican rather than with the instantly recognisable black backdrop, Pope F...

The IT Guy in Education: Education: Salespersons, Seminar providers and Tra...

The IT Guy in Education: Education: Salespersons, Seminar providers and Tra...: It’s been a little while since I’ve done an article.  Not much is happening in education other than massive budget cuts which may or may no...