What does research say about streaming? “The research indicates it would be better if students were taught in mixed-ability classes – as long as teachers are supported and class sizes are small enough.” theconversation.com/its-common-to-…

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and if the student has a neurological or cognitive reason not to answer questions, we can make accommodations. And if they are shy or don’t like answering, then we help them to work through that, gently. What we don’t do is normalise opting out. Guess who that disproportionately

We need to remember that EVERYTHING we do is behaviour and broaden our definition of ‘behaviour’. At lot of behaviour is unconscious… Tom Bennett OBE Sharing Best Practice

Great day with Tom Bennett OBE! We need schools that are safe, calm, predictable & everyone is treated with dignity. We want children to behave because we want them to be successful. Thank you Manisha Gazula Troy Verey for hosting.

In today’s The Sydney Morning Herald some of my thoughts on behaviour, teacher prep, and Australia. TL; DR: Australia is magic, behaviour is a problem. smh.com.au/education/tom-…

Australia’s Catch-22 curriculum challenge - Australian teachers teach by day and write curriculum by night. Quality-assuring curriculum materials can help remedy this. Lucy Yongbloed and my new op-ed outlines how this works overseas. EducationHQ AU grattan.edu.au/news/australia…

During the Great Marking Era, exercise books became disproportionately valued as a record of teacher performance. With that era ending, we must radically evaluate the purpose of exercise books and what we expect to see in them. In our dept, what we expect to see from books is:

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Just as I don't want a Romantic dentist who follows their own vibes-based tooth drilling, I don't want to be part of a profession where so many wilfully fight against what works. Knowledge is why we are professionals. You want the professional pay? Do the professional learning.

So, our final dinner together for the Knowledge Society London Study Tour. What a full on week, lots to see, learn and do. 🎯The Top Ten Takeaways 🎯 1️⃣ Where we are placed with Catalyst at our schools, I’m often saying to leaders and teachers, keep doing what you are doing,

Teach Like a Champion Ooo... and a summary might come in handy of the fabulous Teach Like A Champion 3.0 Doug Lemov 's 63 wonderful strategies tinyurl.com/3pxwccep

If you want to lead, you can’t be a jellyfish. You need to stand for something… and hold strong to it.

Excellence is NEVER an accident… We need to be intentional in what we do to ensure our students are successful.

Quote is exactly right & why it's easy to get behind. We have to get it right at every step. "Math is a hierarchical subject. You need to know one layer of the hierarchy to be able to know the one above. Just as knowledge grows exponentially so do gaps" tes.com/magazine/teach…

This is #leadership in its purest form…

Look at the date!! Nobody can plead ignorance; only stupidity and pigheadedness. Thanks Science of Math

NEW!! A questioning Teaching and Learning Map to make research accessible to busy teachers. It summarises the ideas of Evidence Based Education Tom Sherrington Walkthrus Doug Lemov 🇬🇧 TeacherToolkit.co.uk Voice 21 Oracy Project Zero Harry Fletcher-Wood Michael Chiles 🌍 Please RT if you would like a copy.

(Yet another) great video from Peps on alignment and codification. 📽️ Give it a watch - you won't regret it! 👇

It's the summer holidays, which means that I have **two copies** of Primary Reading Simplified to give away. Simply **retweet** this tweet for your chance to win a copy. I will pick two winners on Sunday 17th August. Good luck!