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Taking you into the weekend: Leadership Workload Elephants Peppers What's not to love?

And the love letter for mini whiteboards continues... As described in the blog, we still needed to iron out our consistent routines for how to use and show mini-whiteboards in the classroom and this week, as a staff, we agreed that. We established routines for passing out

Hey I just wanted to let everybody know that I am the guy who finds people’s heights on the Internet. If you ever need your height exposed or someone's cap called out, just tag @shanefan0x to summon me!

Reading education blogs changed my life, so I want to do everything I can to share and amplify recent blogs. Here's a list of some I've really enjoyed, and I'll try and get some suggestions of quality free blogs out regularly. Please do share and subscribe if you can - writing

Is abysmal parenting pushing schools to breaking point? I'm not sure I'd use the word "abysmal", but a lot of the uptick in problems we are having on a national level do seem to be down to parents doing mad stuff

@JonHaidt @AdamMGrant I’m an instructional coach and science teacher. The downside of 1:1 devices outweighs the upside in nearly every class I see where devices are used. Gaming, shopping, and social media is on roughly 1/5 of the screens and teachers are mostly unaware. Also, lots of building

Come for the discussion on leadership stay for a disagreement about elephants

Another fabulous blog from @thebandb 👏👏👏 https://t.co/zWbe0hN9lN

NEW EPISODE This week, we are joined by leadership maestro @MrARobbins, looking at the tensions and difficulties in leading schools and driving change. Not to be missed! Tune in and share if you can 🙏🙏 https://t.co/Ck6MRqVLq4

i've cancelled my membership of the Labour party

Really lovely feedback from a fabulous school I've visited a few times now. Doing the "wow" thing at INSET is all very well, but the main thing is change, change, change. If your CPD doesn't change lessons and teaching, what's the point?

Great thread. Completely agree with the conclusions about the utility of AI in education.

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Really lovely feedback from a fabulous school I've visited a few times now. Doing the "wow" thing at INSET is all very well, but the main thing is change, change, change. If your CPD doesn't change lessons and teaching, what's the point?

I don't even teach science and I still think this is one of the most useful books I've read about teaching

This is a very good book for science teachers! It has helped me think more strategically about instructional design and delivery in science.

birthday? surely it should be birthday

An excellent book. Full of so many actionable tips and tricks - even if you are a non-scientist, the ideas are transferable. 🎉

Happy anniversary to Teaching Secondary Science: A Complete Guide! 4 years old today 🎂🥳 It was a real labour of love, and I think it's pretty good. Grab a copy wherever, and if you enjoyed it feel free to share/buy one for a colleague/RT etc 🙏🙏 https://t.co/eUdHdG8tZ2

I know it's a bit of an out-there thing to say, but my opinion is that any human interested in great art and cultural achievements should play Clair Obscur. Art, music, screenplay, acting, narrative, character, profound emotional depth. Astonishing. https://t.co/cndtXSE8wt

this kind of marketing strategy is pretty ill-advised for a government department