Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 14/09/2026An Alpha student's perspective on the bootcamp feedback challenge austinscholar.substack.com/p/austin-sch... 131
Reposted by Carl HendrickBruce Robertson @brucenextlevel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026“This book crosses the theory–practice gap that swallows so much educational writing, and it does so without condescension and without jargon.” - @carlhendrick.substack.com POWER UP YOUR CURRICULUM is published a fortnight today 😊 Pre-order here: amzn.eu/d/02b0KHVc 011
Reposted by Carl HendrickTom Richmond @tom-richmond.com · 08/09/2026They'll be a lot of chatter about England's PISA results this morning, but we need to talk just as much about Wales. They rejected phonics and knowledge-rich curricula in favour of 'areas of learning', 'skills suites' and barely any testing. Wales is now 40 points below England in every domain. 2316454
Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 08/09/2026‘Hasty readers’, the PISA decline and what happens when you prioritise skills over knowledge carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-great-... 074
Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 05/09/2026Roundup of latest learning science including new research on explaining answers, building knowledge, reading instruction, social media and the conditions under which AI helps students learn. substack.com/home/post/p-...substack.comNew Research on Learning Science: The September DispatchRoundup of new research on explaining answers, building knowledge, reading instruction, social media and the conditions under which AI helps students learn. 040
Reposted by Carl HendrickBen Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Has a commercial edtech company or school chain ever had the press attention of Alpha School? Getting in Scientific American seems like a big win for Alpha School PR. Reckon it's also a clear sign of its strategy to claim *scientific* legitimacy. www.scientificamerican.com/article/alph...scientificamerican.comAlpha School wants AI to teach a billion kids. Should it?The fast-growing private-school network is handing much of instruction over to artificial intelligence. Researchers say the science is far from settled 99937
Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 09/08/2026NEW POST: You can't apply the science of learning to materials that weren't designed for it. Retrieval practice is a curriculum property, not a teaching technique. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/retconning...carlhendrick.substack.comRetconning the Curriculum: Why The Science of Learning Has a Serious Design ProblemRetrieval practice is a continuity feature not a classroom activity 2103
Reposted by Carl HendrickAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Nigel Farage will soon be the least popular political party leader in the UK by some margin. The confidence trick isn't working any more www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-nigel-... 721126287
Reposted by Carl HendrickLucinda Preston @lucindapreston.bsky.social · 10/07/2026A difficult read though it builds on a lot we already know about the decline of reading. As @carlhendrick.substack.com notes elsewhere, it’s not just children who are reading less. Though adults sometimes do have less time for reading, hence my passion for short stories and poems alongside novels. 032
Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 07/07/2026"The Alpha maths app is built on Engelmann, not a chatbot. If your mental image of an Alpha maths lesson is a child chatting to an AI tutor, drop it. There is no chatbot" - @MrZachG @mrbartonmaths eedi.substack.com/p/ai-in-educ...eedi.substack.comAI in Education #12: Five Things I Learned from Zach Groshell about What's Actually Inside the Alpha School Maths AppsThis is the twelth in a series of AI in Education specials, where I speak to the world’s leading experts about how AI is changing teaching and learning. 030
Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 06/07/2026Chatbots, novices, the automation of learning and the case for Alpha School carlhendrick.substack.com/p/children-o... 050
Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 06/07/2026This is significant and a step in the right direction. But I think the problem here is that most AI policies in education are still written as HR style acceptable-use policies, not as learning-design policies. kjk.com/2026/06/12/o...kjk.comOhio’s July 1, 2026 School AI Policy Deadline: What Districts, Educators, and Parents Need to KnowEvery Ohio public school district must adopt an artificial intelligence policy by July 1, 2026. 120
Reposted by Carl HendrickJos te Lintelo @joslint.bsky.social · 27/06/2026"You cannot believe your way into learning, because learning is not a state of mind; it is the residue of particular things done in a particular order, most of which feel worse than the alternatives while they are happening." @minocw.bsky.social @marjoleinmoorman.bsky.social 022
Reposted by Carl HendrickMark Goodrich @markgoodrich.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Finally, @carlhendrick.substack.com asks if there is a science of writing in another of his pieces looking in detail at research. substack.com/inbox/post/2... My disagreement is with the subheading which implies that writing has the same research base that reading has but much less influence.substack.comIs There a Science of Writing?"the dry rudiments of the beautiful science of reading" 252
Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 27/06/2026Why growth mindset works in the laboratory, fails in the classroom, and reveals something true about both. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/why-you-ca... 294
Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 20/06/2026Writing research has the evidence reading had, but not the influence. Why? carlhendrick.substack.com/p/is-there-a...carlhendrick.substack.comIs There a Science of Writing?"the dry rudiments of the beautiful science of reading" 050
Reposted by Carl HendrickMark Goodrich @markgoodrich.bsky.social · 09/06/2026As usual, lots of fascinating things in the monthly round-up of research from @carlhendrick.substack.com but the *most widely-cited paper on the learning benefits of AI* has been formally withdrawn is certainly the standout! open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...open.substack.comThe Monthly Dispatch — What's New in Learning Science? — June 2026The most-cited AI-in-education paper gets retracted, retrieval practice hits a wall under high cognitive load, and a little knowledge turns out to be worse than none at all. 183
Reposted by Carl HendrickPaul Kirschner @paulkirschner.bsky.social · 16/06/2026The Illusion of Performance in the American Educator @aft.org @carlhendrick.substack.com www.aft.org/ae/winter202...aft.orgThe Illusion of Performance 033
Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 17/06/2026Discussing curriculum and pedagogy with Christine Counsell Tim Oates and Harold Hislop as part of the NI TransformED programme youtu.be/Sd4Bs2_wlXw?...youtu.beTransformED school leaders conference - May 2026 - Carl Hendrick Q&AYouTube video by TheDeptofEducation 032
Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 30/05/2026Spandrels of the Mind: The Case Against Humanlike AI AI tutoring might work if it stops pretending to be human carlhendrick.substack.com/p/spandrels-...carlhendrick.substack.comSpandrels of the Mind:AI tutoring will work when it stops pretending to be human 052
Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 24/05/2026The Death of the University Degree: Cognitive surrender and the "vast counterfeiting of knowledge" carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-death-...carlhendrick.substack.comThe Death of the University DegreeCognitive surrender, borrowed competence and the "vast counterfeiting of knowledge" 063
Reposted by Carl HendrickPaul Kirschner @paulkirschner.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Instructional Illusions: What We Get Wrong About Good Teaching A conversation between Jim Heal, @carlhendrick.substack.com, Robert Pondiscio, and me. #EduSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH3_...youtube.comInstructional Illusions: What We Get Wrong About Good TeachingYouTube video by American Enterprise Institute 053
Reposted by Carl HendrickPeter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 16/05/2026The people behind this are openly neo-Nazi. Reminder that the Conservatives argued this march was fine as it did not directly target any particular groups, beyond “criticism of religion”. 10551176
Reposted by Carl HendrickChris Connolly @edtechris.bsky.social · 16/05/2026A really lovely post by @carlhendrick.substack.com, with a bit of bonus Heaney. Novels Tell Us Who We Are open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...open.substack.comNovels Tell Us Who We AreWhy great fiction can explain us better than we can explain ourselves 011
Reposted by Carl HendrickRR @rlrossi64.bsky.social · 16/05/2026/3 and I’m reminded of this great post from James Theobald (I miss him) who nails it. 171
Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 16/05/2026It’s not often that something on social media stops me in my tracks, but this week I was transfixed by a recent interview with Bob Odenkirk who was describing a near-death experience, and the strange way a particular novel was able to help him make sense.. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/novels-tel...carlhendrick.substack.comNovels Tell Us Who We AreWhy great fiction can explain us better than we can explain ourselves 1105
Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 15/05/2026"What leaders (usually) get wrong about motivation" featuring me and Doug Lemov www.nytimes.com/athletic/727...nytimes.comWhat leaders (usually) get wrong about motivation 142
Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 13/05/2026Privileged to be part of the #TransformED curriculum team. Thanks to the Minister Paul Givan and the brilliant dept of education team for the welcome and tour of Parliament Buildings at Stormont today. 050
Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 12/05/2026Fascinating conversation on AI and education with Craig Barton and education's foremost rational optimist Becky Allen youtu.be/5SHwZlJvvhM?...youtu.beWhy the Apps Are Coming but Schools Will Mostly Stay the Same with Becky AllenYouTube video by Tips for Teachers 041
Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 12/05/2026My 3 daughters may belong to a generation that no longer fears cancer in the way mine did. Having lost both parents to it, that thought makes me deeply happy. substack.com/home/post/p-...substack.comPancreatic cancer just met its matchA disease that was once a death sentence is increasingly treatable 080
Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 12/05/2026School smartphone bans improve classroom conditions (and that's a reason to do it in itself), but this study finds no clear early evidence that they improve mental health. www.nber.org/papers/w35181nber.orgYouth Mental Health and School Smartphone Bans: Early EvidenceFounded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an... 070
Reposted by Carl HendrickKaren Vaites @karenvaites.bsky.social · 09/05/2026The inimitable @carlhendrick.substack.com takes a measured look at short-form video as a learning tool, giving a fair shake to its potential advantages (ex. motivating learners about a new topics). Still, it’s primarily a cautionary signal. This section, whew. substack.com/home/post/p-... 054
Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 08/05/2026Are students learning anything from TikTok and YouTube? And do we have the research to know? ⤵️ carlhendrick.substack.com/p/learning-i... 021
Reposted by Carl HendrickJérémie Beucler @jeremiebeucler.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Very nice piece on our recent paper with @wimdeneys.bsky.social by @carlhendrick.substack.com 🙌 carlhendrick.substack.com/p/rethinking...carlhendrick.substack.comRethinking Fast and SlowNew evidence suggests the standard dual process story undersells intuition 032
Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 06/05/2026A LOT going on this month in the science of learning. New studies on the limits of retrieval practice, phone bans that don't move test scores, ChatGPT as cognitive crutch, and why early vocabulary growth tells us surprisingly little about later reading. ⤵️ substack.com/home/post/p-... 020
Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 04/05/2026 Do test scores improve after phone bans? Not really. - High schools gain a little. Middle schools lose a little. The average is close to zero. www.nber.org/papers/w35132 241
Reposted by Carl HendrickAlex Quigley @alexjquigley.bsky.social · 03/05/2026💡 FREE RESOURCES 💡 You can find new literacy resources (quick sign up) based around my new book, 'Literacy Essentials for Every Teacher' - Talk routines: ABC feedback - The SEEC model for vocab - 6 strategies to develop reading fluency - 5 steps for spelling success alexquigley.co.uk/resources/ 172
Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 03/05/2026"Research should illuminate thought, not close it down." @markmccourt.bsky.social www.emaths.co.uk/blog/general...emaths.co.ukEmaths - Now Suddenly Nuance MattersA reflection on the recent Education Endowment Foundation research into mixed attainment teaching in KS3 mathematics, exploring evidence, methodology, educational rhetoric, intellectual honesty, and t... 140
Reposted by Carl HendrickMichael Tidd @michaelt1979.bsky.social · 01/05/2026It's interesting to be that in articles and analysis like this, no-one ever mentions parenting. Is that because no-one thinks it's a factor or because no-one dare say it? www.tes.com/magazine/new...tes.comThe complex story behind rising suspensions in primary schoolsSuspensions have risen in primary schools but fallen in secondaries. Here, education leaders tell Tes what they think is behind the contrasting trends 3162
Reposted by Carl HendrickChristian Moore-Anderson @cmooreanderson.eurosky.social · 30/04/2026Amazon has a global technical issue; my paperback is still stuck. But! The eBook & hardback are available. If you want to read beyond telling and retrieval get a copy: mybook.to/teachingmean... I'd really appreciate the support (and an honest review to help this calamitous launch). 21611
Reposted by Carl HendrickCarl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 01/05/2026The problem with banning social media is that it's social. New post ⤵️ carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-proble... 163
Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 01/05/2026The Evidence Base on AI in K-12: A 2026 Review scale.stanford.edu/sites/defaul... 031
Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 01/05/2026The problem with banning social media is that it's social. New post ⤵️ carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-proble... 163
Reposted by Carl HendrickLehrerCymo l HE @lehrercymo.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Könnte das die Brücke sein über die Gräben der Kompetenz- und der Wissensvermittler? Grandioser Post von @carlhendrick.substack.com Wie Wissen ungleich Performanz ist und umgekehrt. #BlueLZ open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...open.substack.comRethinking Retrieval Practice: Remembering Is Not KnowingRetrieval practice works best as maintenance of meaningful learning, not its creation. 151
Reposted by Carl HendrickMark Goodrich @markgoodrich.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Just caught up with @carlhendrick.substack.com’s monthly review of research. Excellent overview as ever and I was particularly interested in two pieces of reading research. open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...open.substack.comThe Monthly Dispatch - What’s New in Learning Science - April 2026Retrieval practice under scrutiny, feedback's missing mechanism, AI that actually teaches, and the quiet erosion of cognitive effort 121
Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 24/04/2026Rethinking Retrieval Practice: Remembering Is Not Knowing carlhendrick.substack.com/p/rethinking... 151
Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 11/04/2026What's new in learning science? Monthly roundup: Retrieval practice under scrutiny, feedback's missing mechanism, AI that actually teaches, and the quiet erosion of cognitive effort. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-monthl... 062
Reposted by Carl HendrickKaren Vaites @karenvaites.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Featuring @chadaldeman.bsky.social @natwexler.bsky.social @carlhendrick.substack.com @dtwuva.bsky.social @gtoppo.bsky.social @dkthomp.bsky.social @weisenthal.bsky.social @hollykorbey.bsky.social @alexanderrusso.bsky.social ++ 032