Tom Bennett OBE
@tombennett71
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Founder researchED https://t.co/oQXPjqTJ9b Behaviour advisor- UK DfE. Professor of School Behaviour, Academica Uni. Substack: https://t.co/EvxAwiV4GD
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Joined October 2010
NEW TRAINING! Leading a High-Standards Inclusive School Behaviour Culture - 23rd March 2026, 4:00-5:30pm (UK). - Online - With live Q&A Practical leadership training for school behaviour. Tickets: https://t.co/db2sUwjFG2
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This week's post on how minimal guidance sorts students by advantage:
Discovery learning works well for students who least need it. link in reply ⬇️
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The schedule for @researchEDWarr is taking shape and it’s brilliant 🤩 Final few tickets available to join us for our 5th researchED packed full of insightful sessions 💡 Keynote this year @C_Hendrick Tickets here 👇 https://t.co/MLfPHYxP4v Speakers include @MaryMyatt
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The vertical whiteboards and "productive buzz" of Building Thinking Classrooms (BTC) are sweeping through schools, but engagement is not achievement. Experts like @rastokke , @MrZachG , and @greg_ashman are sounding the alarm that we are trading mathematical mastery for a
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‘Although ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it. A 2024 meta-analysis of 119 studies of early-literacy tech interventions, led by Rebecca Silverman of Stanford
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@JoanneLeeJacobs @VodkaPundit @NateJoseph19 @MrZachG @MrDanielBuck @Dale_Chu @rpondiscio As Jerome Bruner pointed out over 60 years ago, the whole point of education is so that students don’t have to discover things for themselves but instead can, in Newton’s memorable phrase, stand on the shoulders of giants.
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Every time I see data like this, I get angrier and angrier. Educators were hoodwinked by the ed-tech industry, and the casualty of that experiment has been a generation of children who are cognitively impaired because we brought screens into schools.
El New York Times recupera evidencias sobre aprendizaje: leer en papel mejora la comprensión, y tomar apuntes a mano aumenta la probabilidad de sacar sobresaliente hasta un 58%. No es nostalgia: es neurociencia aplicada al aula. Menos pantalla ≠ más aprendizaje
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@dsmiffy55 @tombennett71 @DBanksy There is little evidence that this rank ordering is true on average, let alone for all cases.
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@MichaelRosenYes @tombennett71 here's the problem with the stats Chiles quotes, and with the question as put https://t.co/6FW8QObIaN
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The @educationgovuk has new guidance on mobile phones in schools. School leaders have Ofsted's backing to ban mobile phones and we know from inspections that many have already done so. Our blog explains how we’ll support the guidance on inspection. ⬇️ https://t.co/v2cT1Xvz3M
educationinspection.blog.gov.uk
You may have seen that the Department for Education (DfE) is tightening its guidance on mobile phones in schools. Our Chief Inspector, Sir Martyn Oliver, has said many times that you already have his...
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The quote below is famously untrue, and has no scientific basis whatsoever. It’s one of those dogma that refuses to die.
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The quote below is famously untrue, and has no scientific basis whatsoever. It’s one of those dogma that refuses to die.
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NEW TRAINING! Leading a High-Standards Inclusive School Behaviour Culture - 23rd March 2026, 4:00-5:30pm (UK). - Online - With live Q&A Practical leadership training for school behaviour. Tickets: https://t.co/db2sUwjFG2
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my body does not know the difference between a mistake at work and being hunted for sport
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If you believe what we believe, apply!👇
*JOB ADVERT* Principal City of London Academy Southwark We are seeking an individual who is fully aligned with the ‘warm/strict’ model and who believes in strong adult authority, highly structured routines such as line-ups and silent corridors, and explicit, direct instruction.
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When trainee teachers mark writing, they spend far more attention on simple errors like spelling than on meaningful problems like cohesion or vocabulary:
link.springer.com
Reading and Writing - Assessing student writing skills is a demanding task for teachers. Low-scope errors such as spelling mistakes have been shown to significantly distort assessments of written...
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Utterly damning report in @thetimes today about the growing unpreparedness of children entering reception. These aren’t rounding errors: almost a quarter of children begin lacking basic capabilities and habits, like toilet training, language or social skills, and coping
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Thank you, President @EmmanuelMacron. You were among the first leaders to act on phone free schools (in 2018), and now you are taking the most important step of all -- working toward an Australia-style minimum age for opening social media accounts. What matters is a clear age
An essential conversation with @JonHaidt, a scientist and whistleblower who is a leading voice on regulating social networks and the author of "Anxious Generation". Together, we are fighting a decisive battle: taking back control from social networks, algorithms
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There is no good evidence that firm, consistently applied rules damage mental health, harm pupils with SEND, or make children less happy. These claims are asserted frequently, but they are not supported by evidence.
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IT’S PRETTY BUSY AT rED BRUM TOWERS THIS WEEK. BEAR WITH US IF YOU’VE SENT THROUGH A SUBMISSION - WE PROMISE WE’LL BE IN TOUCH IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, BABS 🫶 #rEDBRUM
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