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Tales from the frontline

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04 March 2017 ‘My students don’t care that I am a woman teaching a ‘male’ subject – I wish other people would follow their example’

29 April 2017 Too many school governors just don’t put the effort in

18 February 2017 The pride, the workload and toilet breaks: my life after teaching

05 August 2017 The most important lesson from my NQT year: students are humans too

22 July 2017 The best CPD? Go and be shit at something this summer

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01 March 2018 World Book Day 2018: top tweets from schools and teachers

09 March 2019 Teachers hall of fame for World Book Day

22 November 2016 My story, and why I founded EdCentral ...

23 February 2017 EdTech could transform teaching and learning, but only if teachers – not companies and developers – own it

12 January 2019 10 brilliant women in education to follow on Twitter

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12 February 2021 Many teachers would have a flair for teaching computer science if they tried it

03 December 2020 How physical activity is key to meeting all our children’s needs in these uncertain times

24 August 2019 Brexit set to exacerbate widespread problems in education

16 May 2020 10 principles of effective online teaching

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Classroom fad or fiction

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20 June 2017 Classroom Fad or Fix? We investigate homework

22 October 2017 Classroom Fad or Fix? The many sides of mixed-ability grouping

22 May 2017 Classroom fad or fix? The big picture on class sizes

22 March 2017 Classroom fad or fix? Taking a closer look at learning styles

26 February 2017 Classroom fad or fix? Growth mindset goes under the microscope

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Maths: finding the fix to our problems

Research Matters

We are not good at Maths in this country. In the latest PISA results (2012), England ranked 24th in the maths tables. This equates to a three year achievement lag between the performance of our ...

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Why won't schools listen to the experts about reducing workload?

Expert Insights

It's been more than a year since the Department for Education published reports from three independent review groups addressing issues raised by the Workload Challenge survey. All three reports g...

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A beginner’s guide to Daisy Christodoulou

Beginners' guides

University Challenge fans may remember Daisy Christodoulou: she was described as "Britain's brightest student" after her outstanding performance on the 2006-07 series, where she captained the Universi...

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Should headteachers and school leaders maintain a teaching commitment?

Expert Insights

A recent Twitter conversation about the advantages and disadvantages of headteachers having a teaching commitment made me thoughtful. I was a head for 30 years and taught each class of year 7 one Engl...

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Do your students have academic buoyancy? Here are five ways to help them develop it

Have you heard of academic buoyancy? While it isn't widely known about, it may be one of the most important areas of psychology for education professionals. It sounds similar to resilience but there a...

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A beginner’s guide to: Professor Barak Rosenshine

Expert Insights

Beginners' guides

Best known for: Rosenshine's research has contributed significantly to understanding the effectiveness of various instructional methods, which culminated in his identification of 10 principles of...

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Dr Gary Jones

Can school leaders rely on Kotter's change management model?

Expert Insights

A few weeks ago I wrote about the need for school leaders to be appropriately critical of educational and management gurus. One such guru is John Kotter, whose name is often found on lists of the worl...

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Guest Teacher

The pride, the workload and toilet breaks: my life after teaching

Tales from the frontline

It feels like barely a month goes by without seeing another blog or report about teachers are walking away from the profession and the recruitment and retention crisis. I'm not judging: I was one of t...

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