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General Election ’17: An Education Policy Overview

Uncategorized / By Alex Quigley / 10 minutes of reading

The run up to a general election often trots out the good, the bad, and the ugly, of education policy. We know that what sells to the voter on the doorstep often doesn’t translate well into the reality of a well-functioning school system; evidence & experience are often trumped by the demands of party ideology …

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Feb 21 2014

Progress being made, but OFSTED are still Requiring Improvement

Uncategorized / By Alex Quigley / 4 minutes of reading

(Image via http://www.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk/p/keep-calm-its-only-ofsted-17/) Over four months ago I wrote an article beginning with the question: ‘What does Ofsted want?’ I stated that this question is perhaps the most powerful question in English education and has the most impact upon our practice in the classroom. The leverage that OFSTED has over our school system is huge …

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Jon Severs @jon_severs ·

"If you want them to do spaced practice, you need to teach them how to plan in a way that actually makes sense to them and in a way that they will actually do it."

ICYMI @tes chats to @DTWillingham

https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/dan-willingham-interview-memory-phonics-metacognition

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Alex Quigley @alexjquigley ·

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‘Adaptive Teaching & Vocabulary Instruction’

“With respect to classroom teaching, the term micro-adaptation might be defined as continually assessing and learning as one teaches—thought and action intertwined.”

https://www.theconfidentteacher.com/2023/02/adaptive-teaching-and-vocabulary-instruction/

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Kristen McQuillan @mcglynn3 ·

Wise words from @ReadingShanahan

"Kids need to learn to read challenging literature and informational texts from the different disciplines in sophisticated ways, and they need to get used to using text for building extensive stores of knowledge..."

https://shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/more-on-hanford-phonics-reform-and-literacy-levels#sthash.MjbRzNSM.dpbs

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