Matthew Evans
@head-teach.bsky.social
Educationalist, author of Leaders With Substance, co-author of The Next Big Thing in School Improvement, blogger, everything mountains. https://educontrarianblog.com/ https://open.substack.com/pub/100assessment
@igmansfield.bsky.social who is a supporter www.edrith.co.uk/p/burnhams-c... @samfr.bsky.social who is strongly anti samf.substack.com/p/burnhams-f... and @head-teach.bsky.social - can I describe that as tweaking what we've got? matthewevanseducation.substack.com/p/beating-th...
Burnham's critics are wrong about his education reforms
We cannot continue to write off 1 in 3 of our children
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Like this from @timharford.ft.com on how inclusive design principles can often help all users, not those just seen as traditionally excluded www.ft.com/content/4d8e...
“Publishing guidance does not mean it has been read. Reading guidance does not mean it has been understood. Understanding guidance does not mean it has been translated into practice. Translating guidance into practice does not mean it has improved children’s lives.”
Ruth Swailes @ruthswailes.bsky.social · last mo.I don't know if the DFE still monitors my social media, but if they do, I think they should read my latest blog. ruthswailes.com/all-at-sea-the-hidden-burden-of-guidance/
I don't know if the DFE still monitors my social media, but if they do, I think they should read my latest blog. ruthswailes.com/all-at-sea-the-hidden-burden-of-guidance/
All at Sea: The Hidden Burden of Guidance - Ruth Swailes
There was a time when keeping up to date in education meant going to a headteacher briefing once a term and checking the LA newsletter each week. Any updates would be discussed with the relevant staff...
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I published a new book recently. Here is an extract. Free! Enjoy. open.substack.com/pub/matthewe...
Making Sense of School
What is school for?
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It is that time of year again. wp.me/p6YJKN-pn
The 7 inconvenient truths of school improvement planning
Call it what you will, the time to think about the school improvement plan has come around again, because God forbid we should be happy with what we have. ;-) Fitter, healthier, more productiveR…
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On the list. Christian has a fresh perspective on teaching. One of those people who doesn’t just follow the herd.
Christian Moore-Anderson@cmooreanderson.eurosky.social · 3mo agoThe paperback has finally been published! If Cognitive Load Theory tells us how to avoid overwhelming students, what comes next? Perfectly clear explanations don't guarantee deep understanding. Teaching Meaning, explores what works when telling isn't enough. mybook.to/teachingmean...
The uneven distribution of children with high needs across schools is one of the central problems that need to be addressed in the system imo. x.com/tes/status/2...
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Year 9 is where ambition goes to die in too many schools . Options are chosen, GCSEs are looming and the curriculum quietly thins out. Teachers know it, pupils feel it. And yet we treat it as inevitable, a structural feature of secondary education, as opposed to a design flaw
Release day! The ebook & hardback are live. The first book for teachers based on *enactive* cognitive science, please consider leaving a review when you're done (it really helps). (Paperback readers: Amazon is having a glitch, so it's slightly delayed.) mybook.to/teachingmean...
I’ve published a new book! 🥳 It is pitched at new teachers. Short. Easy reading. Helps make sense of what goes on in schools. Check it out. share.google/hsTGxb7gkEFt...
New post. The ‘Grand Project’ of inclusion: rhetoric and reality. open.substack.com/pub/matthewe...
Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen
Assuming the worst about the Inclusion Project may be the best place to start
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New post. The ‘Grand Project’ of inclusion: rhetoric and reality. open.substack.com/pub/matthewe...
Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen
Assuming the worst about the Inclusion Project may be the best place to start
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I’ve published a new book! 🥳 It is pitched at new teachers. Short. Easy reading. Helps make sense of what goes on in schools. Check it out. share.google/hsTGxb7gkEFt...
This is a thoughtful and considered piece from Claire Dorer @nasschools.bsky.social that captures the complexity of the SEND reforms.
From Mental Health to Social and Emotional – what difference does it make?
Blog by Claire Dorer OBE, CEO of National Association of Special Schools (NASS) The recent SEND Reforms consultation signals the end of a 12-year categorising of ‘Mental Health Needs’ as a specific ca...
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Assessment in foundation subjects like geography often creates a headache for leaders. I take a look at what goes wrong, and how to put it right. open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
Assessment in primary geography
Common pitfalls and how to avoid them
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The theory of change here is that giving people more things to work on means they are more likely to improve. And that telling everyone that they aren’t as good as you thought will motivate them to do so.
Schools Week@schoolsweek.bsky.social · 5mo agoThe head of Ofsted says the fact that it issues more ‘needs attention’ grades than ‘requires improvement’ is evidence the watchdog is raising standards – prompting criticism for comparing new and old frameworks https://schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-chief-criticised-over-inspection-framework-comparison/