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  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap / March 7, 2020

    ‘We Did Vocabulary Last Year’

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    We are ‘Doing Curriculum’ – so what are we stopping?

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    Curriculum Development and Teacher Development

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    What do we mean by ‘knowledge rich’ anyway?

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  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap, Resources / October 20, 2018

    Vocabulary Clinic

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  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap / October 20, 2018

    More than Just ‘Word Walls’

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Getting ‘Em Thinking (Philosophy for Children)

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‘Is it OK to deprive someone of their freedom?’ ‘Is it acceptable for people to wear their religious symbols at work places?’ ‘DO we have to be sad sometimes to be happy …

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HuntingEnglishAlex Quigley@HuntingEnglish·

“My brain feels like a browser with 100 tabs open”

Research into the impact of COVID-19 on teachers - with fascinating insights from 24 teachers at different phases at different stages of the pandemic.

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SamfrSam Freedman@Samfr·

It's absurd. You can't say something like that without providing the evidence base.

(Note that the "70% higher transmissibility* we were told about in December looks more like 30% with better data). https://twitter.com/EdConwaySky/status/1352669105267105798

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NEW: Blog post: What can we learn about Covid transmission in schools from teacher absence figures?

With Dave Thomson @FFTEduDatalab

https://ffteducationdatalab.org.uk/2021/01/what-can-we-learn-about-covid-transmission-in-schools-from-teacher-absence-figures/

We look at teacher absence by COVID-related reason over last half term

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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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