Well, that is a curly question. Plenty of dogs around the world can go and find the newspaper, but I’ve not heard of one that can read it.
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The Sacred Cow Series – Labels Limit Learning
The names we use to describe students is a bad habit that limits growth in education. Labels limit learning.
The Sacred Cow Series: Volume Does Not Equal Rigour
In a series on the sacred cows of education, we explore the notion that volume equals rigour.
Eyeing Sacred Cows: Education in a Pandemic
Remote teaching and learning provides a great opportunity to explore some long held beliefs. Will we take it?
An Open Letter to Open Letters
Fire with fire is the only way. Open letters have had their day.
Movies that Moved Me: Young Guns (1988)
What were they movies that moved you? This time we look at Young Guns (1988). Yoohoo – they’ll make you famous.
The Jigsaw Analogy for Learning
A journey through a jigsaw reveals more than a table full of fruit.
Vulnerable is the New Black
It turns out, you can be strong and vulnerable at the same time.
A Role Model for the Confined: Count Rostov Lights the Way
One perk of interviewing English teachers is asking this bog standard question: So, what are you reading at the moment? Bored with the responses, a couple of years ago I began asking what they would recommend the most, or had gifted the most, to others. (tip of the hat to Tim Ferriss here). This questionContinue reading “A Role Model for the Confined: Count Rostov Lights the Way”
Be Careful What You Wish For
When fantasy and reality make you feel a bit stupid…
Charlie Hynes 