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WHY TEACH THIS? Nothing upsets me more than hearing students say: “Reading is boring.” I have a stock answer: “No, reading isn’t…

WHY TEACH THIS? The most important lesson in the world for someone learning to program is finding out how to break down a problem into…

Have you ever heard anyone say that being a headteacher is a lonely job? It was the first thing I was told when I started my NPQH; that and…

Way back in 1913, French agricultural engineer Maximilien Ringelmann discovered something rather surprising: the productivity of a group…

Afew months ago I wrote about concerns arising from the rapid expansion of some academy chains as they establish themselves as permanent…

After the blight of not passing the 11 plus, I guess I was looking forward to secondary school – anything had to be better than the…

Whilst some would draw a distinction between coding and programming, for most of us any difference is academic. Coding or programming is the…

I feel at home in a classroom. You know where you are with them. You can dress them up, try to make them a bit prettier, maybe give them a…

As a country we hold personal debts of over £1.4 trillion, pay £164 million in interest every day and spend £1.5 billion a day on credit…

As educators consider how best to teach in a high-tech world, there is the risk of overlooking one of the most effective low-cost, low-tech…

Is homework an unnecessary evil, or an important prerequisite for success? The jury is out. Yet year upon year, we ask our students to spend…

Q I have recently been promoted to the position of head teacher in the school where I have worked for 15 years, the last four of these as…