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Naureen Khalid’s blogs of the week, 5 October 2020

Balancing support and challenge, racial diversity on boards, leaders’ wellbeing, the role of SEND governors and data collection in early years are Naureen Khalid’s top picks of this week’s education topics Finding the balance @jillberry102 Jill Berry is an ex-head and a consultant who writes very eloquently about leadership matters. In her latest blog, based […]

How can we help students to commit to action – then act on their commitment?

New research suggests a relatively simple technique could have teachers WOOPing at their students’ achievements, says Harry Fletcher-Wood We usually want students to do something differently, whether it’s working harder in lessons, doing homework more regularly, or being nicer to a peer. To get students from feeling broadly positive about an idea to actually acting […]

Running the room: The Teacher’s Guide to Behaviour

Bennie Kara discovers an excellent, practical guide to behaviour management that sometimes misses the mark with its commentary Education circles will be familiar with the ubiquitous Tom Bennett, founder of ResearchEd and, since 2015, government “behaviour tsar”. In his latest work, he guides us through a curriculum for behaviour designed to support teachers new and […]

What does good online teaching and learning look like?

Jon Eaton reflects on an early foray into online learning and how EEF research helped him learn lessons fast for the benefit of his students It was the first week of lockdown and I had to plan a lesson that involved analysing imagery in Othello. To help students get to the point where they were […]

Grammar schools can and do tackle social mobility

Funding for expansion is exactly how grammar schools like ours will deliver on our social mobility promise, writes Gary Hickey The grammar school debate has once again reopened, this time because of reporting on the ineffectiveness of the government’s selective schools expansion fund (SSEF) in increasing access to selective schools for disadvantaged children. Unfortunately, it […]

Making the vulnerable visible is how we will close gaps

Policy makers are able to really see vulnerable students for the first time, but will they choose to look? Ask Harry Quilter-Pinner and Kiran Gill “I had such an extreme reaction to being shouted at. I would often have big meltdowns.” It was when Tara’s headteacher understood that her mother had bipolar disorder that the […]

Cognitive Load Theory by Steve Garnett

Adam Boxer finds this handy introduction is undermined by edu-publishing fetishes old and new The edu-twitter-bloggo-bookosphere is a crowded field. Jostling for attention, anything with the word “cognitive”, “curriculum” or “powerful” in the title is sure to gather interest from a sector addicted to the next best thing. Amidst this clamour, teacher trainer Steve Garnett throws his […]

Sonia Thompson’s blogs of the week, 28 September 2020

New children’s literature, new early years guidance, new resources for busy teachers and a new method to develop students’ observational skills are Sonia Thompson’s top picks of this week’s education topics Reading matters – News from the world of children’s books @ALibraryLady Imagine walking into your favourite library and meeting your favourite librarian, who […]

Covid adaptations have actually improved some aspects of school life

It’s not very new any more – and it certainly isn’t normal yet – but the adapted school day offers some benefits that might be worth keeping, says Tim Roach A month into term, the changes teachers have made to make their classrooms and their practices Covid-secure following several instalments of government guidance are now […]