From our work over the past 15 years, we know that addressing the underachievement of disadvantaged pupils is not about intervening to labels. It's about understanding how low income impacts opportunity. The community pupils grow up in can exacerbate this 1/
Governors don’t need a huge amount of data. The legacy of RAISEonline casts a long shadow but beware law of diminishing returns: comes a point where volume of data becomes counter productive and you can’t see the wood for the trees.
This morning marks the publication of a major report by Public First looking into parental and teacher appetite for accountability and curriculum reform.
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@LWoods0722 This aligns brilliantly as an example of direct instruction from the start and complements my holiday reading - 'The Power of Explicit Teaching and Direct Instruction' by @greg_ashman
On Monday 15th (next week) Paula from @accessart and myself have a webinar where we are talking to HMI for Art/Design @AdamVincentHMI about the recent research report on Art/Design. Do you have a question to ask? Pls share here and here's the booking link.https://t.co/XJSE753iN8
Wise words and a much needed voice of reason amidst a swath of false truths that is creating a really unhelpful narrative, making leaders ever more anxious and fearful of the unknown.
@Mr_S_Cains So why is this so bad? Like just crack on and show them what you do. I would be happy for them to help me facilitate sats and also show them evidence of impact in all areas. 25 years and still no bad experience with ofsted. This scaremongers.
Why does Little Wandle say 'no' to actions? Well, it's not because we're killjoys, rather our thinking comes from Cognitive Load Theory. Our Programme Develope @charlotteraby explains more in this thread 🧵
📣 EEF blog: Adaptive teaching
In this blog, Jon Eaton of @KCCResearchSch reflects on the impact adaptive teaching has had across his school trust.
Read more: https://t.co/PW3gNFm6Qo
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