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…
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…
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…
What's been in the education news just lately? New research by think tank LMKco says that teachersĀ in London are biased against black Caribbean and white boys from poorer backgrounds. Ever…
Don't fall for the learning styles clap-trap. If you say, Alexa, what are learning styles?" then Alexa just laughs, creepily. This might explain why Amazon has been having problems. I've…
How can you teach kindness? Happy RAOK Day! Yes, it's yet another 'awareness' day that you might feel guilty about not covering in your already busy week but this is…