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Teachers, Heads and school leaders: Great sounding new Substack blog on Assessment just landed from @head-teach.bsky.social & @profbeckyallen.bsky.social: 100assessment.substack.com Go on: You know you want to subscribe!

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It's half term, which means I have a copy of Primary Reading Simplified to give away. Simply *repost* this post for your chance to win. I will choose a winner at random this Saturday (22nd February).

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments

Exclusive: @naht.org.uk has defended producing a template response to the Ofsted consultation for its members, saying the consultation shows a 'complete disregard' for the workload of school leaders

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments

I've given Ofsted the full benefit of my wisdom on their unclear and unhelpful proposals. It's a pain of a consultation, but a cynic might think that that's a deliberate hurdle which we must overcome. You'll find it here: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/ofsted2025/

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

💡New issue of Impact!💡 Issue 23 of the Chartered College of Teaching’s journal will be dropping onto doormats and into pigeon holes of @collegeofteaching.bsky.social members from today. Articles focus on professional identity and belonging, PD, ethical practice and leadership and more!

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Tonight I’m reminded of this old idea I often shared on Twitter. An app like this isn’t going to change your life, but the educators you meet here will. Grateful to have a space like this open again. #EduSky #EduSkyChat

submitted 100 days ago • 14 comments

One of my favourite parts of Dylan Wiliam's work is his explanation of why written comments are "true but useless". Vague comments like "be more systematic" might be true, but they aren't useful. We are using these insights to develop our new AI feedback feature.

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ANNOUNCEMENT: I am no longer on Twitter. Follow me *@RetrieveLearn* on Bluesky, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube. retrievelearn.bsky.social facebook.com/RetrieveLearn/ instagram.com/retrievelearn youtube.com/@RetrieveLearn linktr.ee/retrievelearn

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

🚨 New Blog 🚨 The first meta-analysis on ChatGPT and student learning has been released. 📈 Results appear amazing (Grades go up ⬆️, Effort required by students to get these grades go ⬇️) But I’m not convinced by these findings (yet). Here is why… www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/chatgpt...

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Excellent, clear blog on front loading / means of participation and why it matters, by @paulkirschner.bsky.social www.kirschnered.nl/2025/01/12/s...

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Retrieval Practice: Myths, Mutations & Mistakes By Kate Jones "This eBook includes examples of potential mutations, myths and mistakes linked to retrieval practice, with advice as to how they can be avoided. Are you embracing retrieval practice at your school? Download 👇https://buff.ly/3DSSELc

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Got our granddaughter a @Sphero Indi for Christmas! She’s 4…YES little ones can learn the fundamentals of coding if given the opportunity! 🙌🏼🥰 “I beated you car!” 🤣🤣 #STEM

submitted 53 days ago • 5 comments

It’s here! Our new open access book on curriculum written by Tim Surma, @paulkirschner.bsky.social, @dylanwiliam.bsky.social, @timsurma.bsky.social, Nuno Crato, Elizabeth Rata, John Hattie, Claudio Van Hees, Michiel Wils, Jasper Nijlunsing and me. Download it here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

submitted 52 days ago • 9 comments

Terrific maths newsletter from Chris Smith at the Grange Academy for the 2025 new year, full of 2025 number facts and puzzles. He's on X @aap03102 or to subscribe email him at [email protected]

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Agenda 2025. A few everyday things, done brilliantly. teacherhead.com/2024/01/01/a... - a blog collection to read and share. (will be back to writing again soon)

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

***new task design blog*** This one is on something I'm sure we have all been guilty of at some point in our career... The Two-Task Paradox morgsedu.wordpress.com/2024/12/18/t...

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

The maliciousness in this post ("pretending") is typical for the charlatan Hassan. People working in education are concerned about the lifelong educational impact for millions of the pandemic and how best to assess it, mitigate it, rectify it and improve the lives of children and young people.

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buff.ly/3Vb8irj Hugely interesting piece from @daisychristo.bsky.social well worth the read beyond primary as well. Assessment structure and effectiveness from the mechanics side is both gloriously nerdy and deeply enlightening.

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Fantastic piece by @amcanning.bsky.social for @schoolsweek.bsky.social in response to our latest report on breakfast clubs. 🥣 'NTP concluded with regret all round, a stark reminder of how good policy can falter in delivery. None of us want to see a repeat' schoolsweek.co.uk/breakfast-cl...

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#Science teachers say the current curriculum is ‘overloaded’ and in need of urgent reform to better prepare young people for the workplace of tomorrow, according to a new @roysocchem.bsky.social survey

submitted 99 days ago • 1 comment

It's telling that Wilshaw is pretty much the only person I've seen to comment positively on the potential introduction of an Ofsted teaching grade. Probably tells you all you need to know, in fact. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

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What if today's large-language models are (basically) as good as they're going to get? I have a new essay exploring the growing awareness that scale is NOT all we need when it comes to creating artificial general intelligence. buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/what-if-to...

submitted 99 days ago • 1 comment

This is a helpful graphic and accompanying essay for thinking about the ethics of AI.

submitted 99 days ago • 1 comment