This update of my article of 25 April 2016 has been prompted by the recent case of the children of a Syrian family being bullied and the...
Read moreProfessor Becky Allen of the UCL Institute of Education has written important articles about the Pupil Premium (PP) that I discuss here and here...
Read moreI return to the work of Professor Rebecca (Becky) Allen , Director of the Centre for Education Improvement Science, UCL Institute of Education,...
Read moreI refer to the work of Professor Rebecca (Becky) Allen , Director of the Centre for Education Improvement Science, UCL Institute of Education, who...
Read moreAt the start of 2018, I was appointed governor of a local junior school. And a very good school it is too, with an excellent head and dedicated,...
Read moreThe Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has published a seven part guide to improving secondary science teaching .
It is excellent, and...
Read moreThis 1999 paper by Professor Michael Shayer is of enormous significance for the future of the English education system and the way that school...
Read moreThis is the title of a Guardian article which appeared on 11 September 2018. The following (in italics) are excerpts.
Major study of 1.8...
Read moreThe ‘north/south attainment gap’ claimed to exist by The Sutton Trust, The Social Mobility Foundation, the DfE, the National Schools Commissioner...
Read moreI have received this response from The Sutton Trust to my article questioning the ‘attainment gap’ .
Research by John Goldthorpe has...
Read moreFormer Education Secretary Justine Greening has been speaking at the Sutton Trust .
Former Education Secretary Justine Greening’s...
Read moreOn 31 March 2018, I watched a BBC 2 Sir David Attenborough programme about birds’s eggs. Although I have only a modest interest in garden birds,...
Read moreEvery Facebook user should be aware of the business model of ‘free’ social media type services. It is to collect personal data and then sell it...
Read moreThe Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has published what is probably the most comprehensive study yet on ‘The Attainment Gap’ , which has been...
Read moreWould you like an education based on enjoyment, creativity, love of learning? Would you like a change from the moves towards rote learning and...
Read moreI recently received this link to a video posted on Facebook .
It is presented by Michael Moore and appears to have been made on a visit to...
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We recently visited the Beamish museum in Co Durham. This is a brilliant and highly recommended outdoor museum with many sites connected...
Read moreAnswer: when it’s a general cognitive ability.
In the behaviourist ideology of the Global Education Reform Movement (GERM) that is...
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