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Why I Hate Highlighters!

In The Confident Teacher by Alex Quigley17/01/201532 Comments

As an English teacher I am surely granted the eternal power of an exaggeration fueled headline every once in a while. Ok – so perhaps highlighters aren’t the biggest problem in education, …

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Really looking forward to this, what a great topic to discuss right now in the transition from home to school learning for so many children. https://twitter.com/learn_parents/status/1366741841832460290

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Over 400 responses - so far - to our latest EEF Teachers' Survey: thank you!

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Just 7 questions, it should only take 5 minutes to complete. Please do share with school colleagues!

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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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