Education can do better
Back in late 2014, I got a call from my good friend Stuart Kime. He asked me if I fancied taking a break from preparations for my upcoming university finals, and instead heading for a coffee in a [...]
The elephant in the school improvement room…
There’s an elephant in the room of school improvement. A massive, ever-present, roaming elephant standing right in front of CPD providers, school leaders, governors and, indeed, policy-makers. [...]
“Millennials” and “Snowflakes”
I don’t often post personal musings, as this is Evidence Based Education’s blog, rather than my own soapbox. However, given the fact that we work with schools, and that our mission is [...]
Can you become better than yourself?
This blog post is inspired by the work of Dr Gwyneth Hughes, who researches on ipsative assessment. This is a form of assessment which compares the current performance of a student to their [...]
Where does a Research School land?
Imagine you were the person charged with ensuring that a Research School had a ‘soft landing’ in your area – the person focused on helping to connect the dots between the RS and all other [...]
