Lee Elliot Major reports back after attending the Gates/Sutton Trust Summit on Feedback and Improving Teacher Practice In the Year 8 English class the boys were clapping their hands as…
There is no magic bullet
…good it did me. To most of us, it is a statement of the obvious, but not, I am afraid, to the theorists and pundits who have driven education policy…
My lessons from America
…Washington, I’ve got a wealth of material and I’ve had the luxury of some flying time to think about the key ideas I’m taking home. An overarching take-away is the…
What really makes great teaching?
…round. So far, rapid responses have ranged from celebration that the final nails have been driven into the coffin of progressive education (e.g. discovery learning has no basis in research),…
Act now on social mobility, or Britain will freewheel into a permanently divided country
Robert de Vries writes for the Conversation following the Social Mobility Commission annual report. Although the broader economy might be starting to look up, the prospects for social mobility in…
Rob de Vries: Act now on social mobility, or Britain will freewheel into a permanently divided country
Robert de Vries writes for the Conversation following the Social Mobility Commission annual report. Although the broader economy might be starting to look up, the prospects for social mobility in…