Every teacher and school leader wants to please the parents of their school children. And quite right too. From a warm conversation at parents evening, to a celebratory phone call, it can prove one of the perks of the job. A letter or email from a thankful parents can be circulated around school as a …
(Image sourced via Pixabay.com) Finding the answer to school improvement troubles us all, and yet, sometimes the answers are sitting there at their desks looking straight at us. In short, having more girls helps improve learning. Gender grouping is the answer…case closed! It likely chimes with much of our personal experience as teachers. The …
Girls, Girls, Girls – Peer Effects in the Classroom Read More »
(This blog first appeared on the Huntington Research School blog – take a look HERE for more. You can also sign up to the monthly newsletter HERE.) January is a time for new resolutions and no little resolve. Join the gym, read some books, mark the schoolwork on time. For the busy teacher, perhaps …
What makes research evidence useful for teachers? Read More »
The only guarantee you get from the job of teaching is that you will learn and fail. The trick – well, doing a little more learning than failing, whilst trying to learn when we do fail. Of course, human nature abhors loss, mistakes and failure. School teachers are no different. This is compounded by the …
Very recently I asked the question about the thorny topic of student grouping: Is it better to group students based on their prior ability, in mixed ability groupings, or something in between? I went on to share some evidence from the EEF Toolkit, which is broadly critical of setting by ability models, whilst also …
Student Grouping: Setting or Mixed Ability? AN UPDATE Read More »
Is it better to group students based on their prior ability, in mixed ability groupings, or something in between? This questions besets schools, departments and teachers on an annual basis. There are unique conditions, supports and pressures that mean it is a difficult issue with no silver-bullet answer. The best we can do is survey the …
