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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

NEW CURIOS Full of the joys of spring and everything you need to know about education. fillingthepail.substack.com/p/curios-of-...

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Curios of the week #187

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

NEW FREE POST Bringing back stupid Lucy Powell’s new Department for Hope fillingthepail.substack.com/p/bringing-b...

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Bringing back stupid

Lucy Powell’s new Department for Hope

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

NEW CURIOS Free section includes my take on that Nikole Hannah-Jones article fillingthepail.substack.com/p/curios-of-...

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Curios of the week #186

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

NEW FREE POST Beware the Sirens Why policymakers should be wary of being called onto the rocks fillingthepail.substack.com/p/beware-the...

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Beware the Sirens

Why policymakers should be wary of being called onto the rocks

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

NEW CURIOS Free section discusses the Alpha School controversy fillingthepail.substack.com/p/curios-of-...

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Curios of the week #185

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

NEW FREE POST PISA cope in the pages of tes magazine fillingthepail.substack.com/p/pisa-cope-...

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PISA cope in the pages of tes magazine

We are all biased

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

NEW FREE POST The Prophet Motive Andy Hargreaves, Finland and the consequences of being wrong fillingthepail.substack.com/p/the-prophe...

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The Prophet Motive

Andy Hargreaves, Finland and the consequences of being wrong

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

NEW FREE POST A first look at PISA 2025 What do the results show fillingthepail.substack.com/p/a-first-lo...

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A first look at PISA 2025

What do the results show

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

NEW FREE POST Christian Bokhove’s Cognitive Load Theory schtick Misdirections and omissions fillingthepail.substack.com/p/christian-...

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Christian Bokhove’s Cognitive Load Theory schtick

Misdirections and omissions

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

NEW CURIOS Free section discusses the bottom third of students and a big reveal. fillingthepail.substack.com/p/curios-of-...

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Curios of the week #182

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

NEW FREE POST Attacking AERO the pedantic way Analysing the latest hatchet job fillingthepail.substack.com/p/attacking-...

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Attacking AERO the pedantic way

Analysing the latest hatchet job

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

NEW FREE POST Careers education Starting at the beginning fillingthepail.substack.com/p/careers-ed...

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Careers education

Starting at the beginning

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

NEW FREE POST Bureaucrat SLAMS the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) But is the criticism fair? fillingthepail.substack.com/p/bureaucrat...

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Bureaucrat SLAMS the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO)

But is the criticism fair?

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

NEW FREE POST researchED Melbourne returns Science of learning on the ninth floor fillingthepail.substack.com/p/researched...

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researchED Melbourne returns

Science of learning on the ninth floor

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

NEW CURIOS Free section addresses the question of whether experiential learning has a place in teaching standards. fillingthepail.substack.com/p/curios-of-...

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Curios of the week #179

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

NEW FREE POST Education’s dark matter There is no evidence to inform most of what we do fillingthepail.substack.com/p/educations...

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Education’s dark matter

There is no evidence to inform most of what we do

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

NEW CURIOS Free section includes a thought burp from Andy Burnham on vocational education and some inadvertent trolling fillingthepail.substack.com/p/curios-of-...

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Curios of the week #178

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

NEW FREE POST Moral panic at the academy Teaching standards and a call to action fillingthepail.substack.com/p/moral-pani...

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Moral panic at the academy

Teaching standards and a call to action

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

NEW CURIOS Free section discusses the Victorian teachers’ strike this week fillingthepail.substack.com/p/curios-of-...

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Curios of the week #177

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

NEW CURIOS Free section is about AI and teaching from a lesson plan you haven’t written yourself. fillingthepail.substack.com/p/curios-of-...

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Curios of the week #176

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

NEW FREE POST Australia's natural education experiment The case of South Australia fillingthepail.substack.com/p/australias...

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Australia's natural education experiment

The case of South Australia

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

NEW CURIOS Free section discusses a new report on science teaching fillingthepail.substack.com/p/curios-of-...

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Curios of the week #175

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

NEW FREE POST Low floor high ceiling maths tasks are not the solution Activity-based planning and differentiated instruction fillingthepail.substack.com/p/low-floor-...

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Low floor high ceiling maths tasks are not the solution

Activity-based planning and differentiated instruction

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

NEW CURIOS Free section discusses the great fidget toy controversy fillingthepail.substack.com/p/curios-of-...

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Curios of the week #174

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

NEW CURIOS Free section takes a look at homework in the age of AI fillingthepail.substack.com/p/curios-of-...

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Curios of the week #173

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

NEW FREE POST Can Rosenshine’s Principles mean anything to anyone? No, but it’s interesting to examine this claim Comments OPEN fillingthepail.substack.com/p/can-rosens...

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Can Rosenshine’s Principles mean anything to anyone?

No, but it’s interesting to examine this claim

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

NEW CURIOS Free section reports some stunning claims about the number of bureaucrats working in Australian education fillingthepail.substack.com/p/curios-of-...

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Curios of the week #172

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

NEW FREE POST I already do that The obvious and the unexamined fillingthepail.substack.com/p/i-already-...

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I already do that

The obvious and the unexamined

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

NEW CURIOS Free section discusses the use of calculators in exams fillingthepail.substack.com/p/curios-of-...

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Curios of the week #171

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

NEW FREE POST Honouring student ideas A constructivist shibboleth fillingthepail.substack.com/p/honouring-...

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Honouring student ideas

A constructivist shibboleth

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

NEW CURIOS Free section discusses research into teaching resilience. fillingthepail.substack.com/p/curios-of-...

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Curios of the week #170

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

NEW FREE POST When inquiry learning is malpractice We know enough to draw some red lines fillingthepail.substack.com/p/when-inqui...

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When inquiry learning is malpractice

We know enough to draw some red lines

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

NEW CURIOS In this AI special edition, the free section discusses a *really bad* proposal for Australia’s standardised tests fillingthepail.substack.com/p/curios-of-...

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Curios of the week #169

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

NEW FREE POST The curse of conceptual understanding A response to Bill McCallum fillingthepail.substack.com/p/the-curse-...

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The curse of conceptual understanding

A response to Bill McCallum

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

NEW CURIOS Free section tackles the educational equivalent of hard hats and conservative, behaviourist schooling fillingthepail.substack.com/p/curios-of-...

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Curios of the week #168

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

NEW POST Conceptual understanding is a myth Transfer is a better focus fillingthepail.substack.com/p/conceptual...

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Conceptual understanding is a myth

Transfer is a better focus

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newmathshod.bsky.social @newmathshod.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

First the latest When Will They Learn with @gregashman.bsky.social and Caiti Wade. Greg makes some really good points on the mobile phone ban, like does it actually need an academic impact, and they look at the NEU stating that shared resources is having a negative impact on teacher independence

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Episode #8 When Will They Learn?

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

NEW CURIOS Bumper section before the paywall this week that includes a discussion of performance pay for teachers and constructivist teaching. fillingthepail.substack.com/p/curios-of-...

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Curios of the week #167

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

NEW FREE POST Is AI about to revolutionise the classroom? The Alpha School approach fillingthepail.substack.com/p/is-ai-abou...

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Is AI about to revolutionise the classroom?

The Alpha School approach

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

NEW CURIOS Free section includes some conference announcements and a discussion of nuance. fillingthepail.substack.com/p/curios-of-...

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Curios of the week #166

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

NEW FREE POST An urgent response is needed to Artificial Intelligence in schools and colleges Don't let education become a nonsense fillingthepail.substack.com/p/an-urgent-...

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An urgent response is needed to Artificial Intelligence in schools and colleges

Don't let education become a nonsense

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Chris Connolly @edtechris.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Really good post from @gregashman.bsky.social. As I heard @daisychristo.bsky.social say recently, it is possible (likely?) there'll be students graduating this summer who have not themselves written a single essay. open.substack.com/pub/fillingt...

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An urgent response is needed to Artificial Intelligence in schools and colleges

Don't let education become a nonsense

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

NEW CURIOS Out a few hours early this week because reasons. Free section discusses Tom Bennett’s views on restorative justice in schools. fillingthepail.substack.com/p/curios-of-...

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Curios of the week #165

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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

NEW FREE POST Project-based loafing The role of project work in schools fillingthepail.substack.com/p/project-ba...

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Project-based loafing

The role of project work in schools

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Mark Goodrich @markgoodrich.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Don’t always agree with @gregashman.bsky.social but this is an excellent overview of the state of education research and more balanced than the Kesey Piper article that lots of people are mentioning. (Also free to read unlike the Kelsey Piper piece). open.substack.com/pub/fillingt...