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Sonia Thompson’s blogs of the week, 27 June 2022

Graphic novels, retrieval practice, how to be a research-informed school and headteachers’ ever-growing burden of expectations

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Bloomsbury Education at the Festival of Education

Whether you’re looking for great classroom resources, amazing poetry, fiction and non-fiction for your library or inspirational professional development ideas we have the books for you! From award winning practitioner’s guides to dyslexia-friendly fiction for struggling readers, our wide range of resources spans from our Early Years Featherstone range to CPD for secondary teachers. Featuring […]

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Mark. Plan. Teach. 2.0 by Ross Morrison McGill

Thomas Raine finds this book is a handy repository of what we know about effective teaching, with a relentless focus on reducing workload  In this updated version of Mark. Plan. Teach., Ross Morrison McGill focuses on the essentials we need to promote learning. Under any circumstances, this would be a worthwhile endeavour. Picking up the […]

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‘Confidential’ Ofsted guidance for curriculum ‘deep dives’ leaked

Confidential documents used to train Ofsted inspectors for curriculum “deep-dives” have been leaked to at least one school, prompting fears of unfair advantages under the new framework. The inspectorate insists the documents are still in development and will not give any school an undue benefit over others, but confirms inspectors have been instructed not to […]

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Julia Skinner’s top edu-blogs of the week, 18 November 2019

Governing our schools: 10 years on @NGAEmmaK You would expect changes in most things over ten years, and this post identifies some of those experienced by governors. The report at the heart of this piece identifies ten key issues for the sector, and although the conclusion that governance in schools is strengthening, some issues still […]

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Education: A Manifesto for Change

I’m always wary of texts with the word “manifesto” in their title, and in this case that wariness was warranted. What the author describes as, “… a heads-up, big-picture piece, one that [he] urge[s] you to use to debate, discuss and develop new visions and values…” is actually little more than a rehashing of age-old […]

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Pupils face £2 ‘fines’ to get their phones back

A school has been accused of holding pupils’ mobile phones to “ransom” after charging parents £2 to return confiscated devices. South Wigston high school in Leicester bans mobile phones as it says the devices are a major tool for bullying and a distraction to learning. However, its electronic device policy says that a £2 contribution […]

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Hairdresser or Footballer – Bridging the gender gap in schools

Hollie Anderton and Ross Morrison McGill have produced an accessible guide to an issue that’s high on the public agenda. As newspapers and bloggers hone in on gender, Hairdresser or Footballer looks at some of the reasons why there are still huge differences in career and academic learning choices between young men and women leaving […]

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Iesha Small’s top blogs of the week 15 January 2018

Blog reviewer of the week, Iesha Small, shares her top picks from the blogosphere this week.   My shero @womened “From our first conversation it was like I had met the person I had been waiting to meet all my life. We ‘clicked’ instantly – I found my soulmate that night.” No, Schools Week hasn’t […]

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