Today, @Civitas_UK releases a collection of essays on the value of a knowledge-rich curriculum. Here's my chapter titled "Knowledge-rich curricula: A key driver of equity in education"

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Over 40 per cent of Scottish children classed as special needs

No child should be on social media. It's a corrosive and exploitative environment that many adults are unprepared to process and remain healthy. It habituates the compulsive desire to be online, disconnecting from the physical reality we inhabit; it compels our attention but

Tomorrow, and tomorrow -- Ian McKellen analyzes Macbeth speech (1979) https://t.co/vC2MYRci5U via @YouTube If you care at all about Shakespeare watch this superlative master class and deep analysis by the phenomenal McKellen - great teacher as well as actor

No child should be on social media. It's a corrosive and exploitative environment that many adults are unprepared to process and remain healthy. It habituates the compulsive desire to be online, disconnecting from the physical reality we inhabit; it compels our attention but

Loved presenting here so much last year I have put in another application for this year. Link to submit below

Movies that are set at the same time. Great stuff from @silentmoviegifs

Just brilliant. The cherry on the cake is Cushing casually lighting a fag at the end as he surveys his battlefield.

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@tombennett71 Very true. In Wales, a lot of things are justified in the name of any of the Four Purposes of Curriculum for Wales.

Beware the vague, abstract success criteria. Be on your guard to demand a definition, something quantifiable, or it will be used to justify anything.

for me, the truest measure of an educational intervention and policy isn't "can a small group of committed ideologues get it to work with a small and non-representative cohort of students" it's "can we scale this and get it to work in any school, with normal teachers, and in

When misbehavior gets labeled a disability and then you deem behavior unpunishable if it’s a manifestation of said disability, what do you think this does to behavior in a school? (Hint: It’s bad.)

Walking thru a winter wonderland

We need to be honest about the role of screens in schools. The evidence is becoming too strong to ignore. When daily screen time rises, achievement falls. The latest PISA data show a clear, consistent decline in scores as screen exposure increases. Students with no screen time in

All schools in Brazil went phone-free last February. Early research shows test scores rising, conflicts and discipline problems falling. May Brazil be an inspiration to other countries. We can reclaim childhood and education in the real world. https://t.co/BHPrCy36QO

No student should be allowed to use a laptop, tablet or phone in class. You might think you "can use them well" but you can't, sorry. You stand to lose everything for a tiny gain that will never materialise.

I really enjoyed this. There's so much talk about belonging, this blog actually pins down what it means in classrooms and school corridors. Concrete application 💪💪

The success of The Rest Is History is so heart warming. Virtue rewarded.