Effective Schools
Can we ever agree what an 'effective' school looks like? In the 1990s researchers identified what they considered to be the characteristics of effective schools. Sammons et al. (1995) and…
Every Day Is A School Day
Can we ever agree what an 'effective' school looks like? In the 1990s researchers identified what they considered to be the characteristics of effective schools. Sammons et al. (1995) and…
Defining effective schools is like defining any organisation....difficult! There are a plethora of studies that have been conducted over the years that point to what effectiveness looks like and so…
Teaching is such a "particularistic endeavor" that guiding teaching practice by one-size-fits-all 'best-evidence' research does us no favours. In Transformative Assessment, W. James Popham (2008) urges caution when it comes…
So many teachers now go on about sharing best practice. But what is this mythical beast they are apparently sharing, tearing and feeding off? But best practice is something we…
There is a classic story that I used to share in my CPD sessions as a metaphor for knowledge and ignorance. A policeman sees a drunk man searching for something…
I keep reading here and there that we make 35,000 decisions a day. That's certainly gone up from the 1,500 decisions a day I've read elsewhere. Apparently, we make 226.7…
What do top teachers do? Top teachers make it their business to be better and professionally develop, continuously. They make it their business to carry out research and develop their…
So why do people choose to become teachers? To pay the mortgage silly. No really. To put food on the table. No really. To make a difference. That's normally the…
The NFER have produced a report well-worth a look. It gives policymakers and system leaders an accurate picture of the education workforce in order "to guide effective, proportionate and well-targeted…
Some teachers are engaged in research and that's a good thing. Many are involved in action research projects and that's even better. The explosion of interest in evidence-led teaching is…