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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

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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25 August 2021 The science of sleep and why it should be every new teacher's priority

20 July 2016 The impact of E.D. Hirsch on the UK education curriculum

31 August 2021 Stay sharp: a teacher's guide to stationery essentials

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

26 August 2021 Making a connection: how to form good working relationships in your new school

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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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'Good teachers can be made' says Doug Lemov

Research Matters

The central assertion of Doug Lemov's philosophy is that 'good teachers can be made'. Lemov is author of Teach Like a Champion, a book which has rapidly earned the status of 'teaching bible' among new...

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A beginner’s guide to Professor Daniel Willingham

Beginners' guides

Best known for: Willingham's work has worldwide appeal: his writings on education have been translated into fourteen different languages. Applying his expertise in cognitive psychology to the educatio...

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Education experts reveal their dream policies

Expert Insights

We spoke to education experts to hear their dream policies (with the proviso that they couldn't include "more funding"!). 'A fee-free route to QTS for teaching assistants' Recruitment and retenti...

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Four simple tricks to ensure your students don't fall behind in the summer holidays

Expert Insights

While the summer holidays are much-needed respite for weary students, research suggests that the long break can do more harm than good to their brains. This seems to be especially true for students fr...

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A beginner’s guide to Professor James Heckman

Beginners' guides

Where does he work? Heckman is an American economist currently working at the University of Chicago as the Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, professor of law at the Law Schoo...

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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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A beginner's guide to Professor John Hattie

Beginners' guides

Hattie has been Director of the Melbourne Educational Research Institute at the University of Melbourne, Australia, since March 2011. Prior to that he was Project Director of asTTle and Professor of E...

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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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