Thinking out loud about professional learning, school improvement, and what AI means for classrooms.
Some holiday Physics fun. Problem: Two mugs of tea are poured from a boiling urn. One of them contains milk, and the other has the milk added after…
These days, schools are awash with targets, estimates, and predicted grades. Used well, they are a way to embed a common ambitious vision for each child. Used badly,…
DW: Evan, thank you for agreeing to be interviewed. My colleague at school who teaches economics (Brian Rafferty, @Scotonomics) is very impressed with your new TV Series [Made…
Evan Davis is currently presenting a new show on BBC, Made in Britain which accompanies the excellent book of the same name. He is a presenter on Radio…
What do doctors do? They specialise in certain fields, they engage in research. They become knowledgeable in diagnosing, treating, and monitoring. The public know this, and respect the…
There was a fascinating debate on Twitter last night about what should be expected from a lesson. I kicked off after chatting to a colleague from another school…
Dear parent, We would like to let you know that we have not included you daughter in our latest “Gifted & Talented” list. You may assume we feel…
Do you have questions you would like to pose to Evan Davis about education? I shall be interviewing him over the next week or so and would like…
Thanks to a multitude of books, to twitter, and to some amazing people I’ve met I’m trying to make lots of change to my teaching. Here’s some of…
There is much talk of applying competition between schools as a new panacea. As I have said before, I simply don’t believe there is an undiscovered panacea in…