Trivium 21c ltd.

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  • In Praise of Tory Teachers: A Hymn to Diversity in the Staffroom

    “The most successful tyranny…is the one that removes the awareness of other possibilities.” Allan Bloom Should the staff at a school share one vision? Does your Headteacher stand in front of you and preach that He is the embodiment of the vision, that he is, as Queen put it: “One man [With] One goal, Hah, one Read more

  • Don’t Disrupt the SATS!

    I was discombobulated to see the following tweet from the DfE: Now just be jolly good chaps and don’t tweet anything okay!?! Read more

  • Mobile Phones for Life!

    Twitter is awash with adults grabbing their mobile phones to tweet their outrage at the use of mobile phones by pupils in schools. There is evidence to prove student test scores can be improved if you ban mobile phones, the evidence “suggests that restricting mobile phone use can be a low-cost policy to reduce educational inequalities.” Read more

  • Memory

    As a teacher I wanted students to remember certain things and to be able to recall them when needed. DT Willingham wrote in his book Why Don’t Kids Like School: “Whatever students think about is what they will remember… Memory is the residue of thought.” To Aeschylus “Memory is the mother of all reason…” Thought Read more

  • How Free? Roger Scruton and Michaela Free School

    In what way should schools be free? In the Spectator there is a fascinating interview with Roger Scruton, here’s an excerpt: “The big battle to maintain a proper educational system which will be continuous with the old curriculum and passing on what we have while adapting to all the changes, that big battle was lost, I think.’ When? Read more

  • Schools and the Mindless Mindset Meritocracy

    In Schools Week Carol Dweck writes: “If I were the Secretary of State for Education, I would make schools places of growth. I would… give back to students and teachers that zest for learning — the desire for challenges, passion for hard work, embracing of mistakes, and joy in improvement. If some schools can do Read more