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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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'5 Helpful Websites on Reading for Teachers'

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Some great questions here to promote hard thinking by teachers about their practice.
Dimension 4 in the #GreatTeaching Review, from @shaun_allison https://twitter.com/shaun_allison/status/1282766282673315842

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Alex Quigley

Alex Quigley

I am National Content Manager at the EEF, supporting teachers to access research evidence. After over fifteen years in the classroom, I now support from outside the school gates.

I write edubooks and 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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