Mar 12, 2017 |
Say ‘No’ to professional development. That’s the obvious conclusion to be drawn from a series of recent, rigorous, randomised-controlled studies of professional development programmes. Unlike…...
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This article examined (1) the research on speed reading and (2) the relative merits of reading a physical book, newspaper or article as opposed to reading from a screen. I am going to discuss (1) this week and (2) next. The...
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If we knew the precise things that make the most difference in terms of school improvement in order to secure the specific outputs we want, then everyone would be laughing. We would simply do more of those things and the...
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It’s very welcome news that Amanda Spielman is going to support an Ofsted ‘research push’ as reported here in Schools Week. The publication of results of an initial trial is a step in the right direction. In my ‘Gimme some...
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In her first major speech as the new HMCI Amanda Spielman said: And that is why I’m announcing today that I have chosen the curriculum to be the focus of the first big thematic Ofsted review of my tenure. From early years,...
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