Based on what I observe from my travels, visiting hundreds of lessons and meeting hundreds of teachers, I find I keep coming back to these three big areas to work on in most settings:

Not IQ. The early skill that quietly shapes how a child does for decades.

I’ve mentioned a project I’m involved in a few times - I thought it might be worth explaining.

Plus breaking down Wales’ broken university funding system

The Case for Vocabulary Instruction as the Engine of Comprehension

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The purpose of this study was to better understand how teachers in Wales differ from their counterparts in England in regard to their engagement with educational research. In 2010, the National Founda...

Over the last few years I've made a habit of teaching demonstration lessons in the schools I work with in order to make it clearer how to teach effectively. One of the things that makes this useful is...

A few days ago, I wrote a blog responding to the DfE’s interim curriculum and assessment review . In it I expressed deep concerns that there was too little critical evaluation of concepts like...

New study finds 1 in 5 students completely ignore feedback, while nearly half of those who did try to act on the feedback, don't improve at all.

Autism Wellbeing have produced a range of resources for children, parents and professionals that offer a different perspective on what it might be like to be a child with additional learning needs.

Most children in the Global South now attend school. But: There’s often no teacher in the classroom. When there is a teacher, they often aren’t teaching. When they are teaching, they of…

I learnt a new acronym yesterday: SWAN. It stands for Syndromes Without A Name. The term specifically refers to undiagnosed genetic conditions which are variously described as ‘global develop…

Do your pupils have a problem with 'writing stamina'? The teachers and leaders I work with routinely describe the problem of pupils lacking writing stamina as a vital issue they want to address.  But...

Numerous blogs have been written on the subject of behaviour management, and rightly so, every student has the right to disruption free learning. However, the vast majority of blogs focus on ‘how’ …

Calling all those beginning their initial teacher education! In this session you’ll hear from and be able to ask questions to both teacher educators and those who have just completed their initial tea...

Teacher Training Conference: Cologne, Germany, 1st/2nd Nov. 2024