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  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap / March 7, 2020

    ‘We Did Vocabulary Last Year’

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    More than Just ‘Word Walls’

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A Cautionary Tale of Educational Evidence – Part 2

In Uncategorized by Alex Quigley14/02/20147 Comments

Earlier this week I wrote a brief post explaining how research evidence that appeared from the Education Endowment Fund (EEF) appeared to challenge evidence undertaken by Deborah Myhill and her team at …

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A Cautionary Tale of Educational Evidence

In Uncategorized by Alex Quigley12/02/201413 Comments

Let me first say that I am a big fan of educational research and undertaking trials in schools. Of course, we are not doctors and surgeons dealing with the clear boundaries of …

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A New English Curriculum

In Uncategorized by Alex Quigley22/11/201331 Comments

Shining a Light on the Literary Canon “…the more familiar we become with the nature of these shaping forms and forces lying beneath the surface of stories, pushing them into patterns and …

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It's so important to pause and reflect (and blog!)
If you have 5 minutes, join me as I reflect on the teaching of mathematics in the early years - something all maths leads must do.

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DTWillinghamDaniel Willingham@DTWillingham·

When kids ask for help, should you give them the answer right away, or is that robbing them of the pleasure of figuring it out on their own, and building resilience? What's the right mix of support and challenge? My take in @latimesopinion https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-02-28/can-opener-problem-twitter-roderick-parent-child

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Alex Quigley

Alex Quigley

I write this blog in a personal capacity.

After fifteen years in the classroom, I now support the cause of education from the other side the school gates. For most of the week I work for the EEF, as National Content Manager, supporting teachers and school leaders to access research evidence.

Additionally, I write edubooks and offer consultancy. Also, I am very lucky to have a column for both TES and Teach Secondary magazine.

Alex Quigley

I am National Content Manager at the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), after fifteen years as an English teacher and school leader. The focus of my work is supporting school improvement and making research  evidence accessible and useable for teachers and school leaders.

I write books for Routledge, including the bestseller, ‘Closing the Vocabulary Gap’. Currently, I am a columnist for both TES and Teach Secondary magazine. I am a ResearchED Trustee & a member of the Chartered College of Teaching Impact Journal board.

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