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  • Prisoners

    Ofsted judges schools to be 1,2,3,4 (‘Outstanding’, ‘Good’, ‘Requires Improvement’ or ‘Bloody Awful, Sort it Out! (Inadequate)). Many school leaders, teachers, children and parents baulk at this, knowing full well the system is flawed and that a number or an equivalent word cannot reflect the complexity of what a school does. We all know, full well: Read more

  • This other Eden: On INSET and CPD

    This afternoon I attended a “World-Class Teaching Profession consultation event” run by the DfE and I learned something very useful indeed that could be crucial for any role that a possible, maybe never, ‘College for Teaching’ might have. Those who attended this event were charged with the task of unpicking a variety of questions about Read more

  • I Did Not Speak Out.

    First they asked me to teach girls differently and I did not speak out because I was a teacher. They could tell what I was doing because, well, they were girls… Then they asked me to teach black boys differently and I did not speak out because I was a teacher. They could tell what I was doing Read more

  • Brave New World

    Two pieces of news attracted my attention today, one a speech from Nicky Morgan the Secretary of State for Education in England and the other a tweet from Andreas Schleicher the Secretary of State for Education in the World. In her speech at BETT 2015 Morgan trumpeted that: “Already we have begun to produce destination data Read more

  • What Do Posh Schools Teach Their Kids?

    There is a perennial debate that goes on in education circles about what education is for, is it about education for its own sake or is it about creating a workforce? Is it about teaching the best that has been thought and said or is this impossible to ascertain because certain knowledge has been privileged Read more

  • Prick Us, Do We Not Bleed? Teach Us, Should We Not Study?

    In his diary column in the Times on Monday 5th January David Aaronovitch wrote about going to see, recently and for the first time, a production of the Merchant of Venice. Aaronovitch: “…nothing can disguise the fact that this was an anti-Jewish play for an anti-Jewish audience. The Jew cares as much for his money Read more