January 7, 2017 at 11:12PM I teach many students who stubbornly insist that they revise best simply by re-reading their notes.  I have also known students to ignore their notes altogether and instead revise exclusively by...

January 7, 2017 at 07:00PM This is part 1 of a series of blogs on my new book, Making Good Progress?: The future of Assessment for Learning. Click here to read the introduction to the series.Giving feedback works. There is an...

January 7, 2017 at 06:01PM The government’s plan to open new grammar schools is a key policy of Theresa May’s new “shared society”, the education secretary has said.Justine Greening told the Andrew Marr show this morning that...

January 7, 2017 at 01:00PM The Department for Education is recruiting a team of “behavioural insights” experts to aid ministers in their policymaking decisions.The move is aimed at changing the “culture” of the department with...