Another terrific thing about Robert Coe is how cool and urbane he is, lovely contrast to the previous speaker’s ranting stand-up. Classy #RKD7

The last question to the panel was "what would you like the new government to do on curriculum and assessment?" My answer: If we are talking about curriculum and assessment, the biggest thing for me is a reduction. There's too much content across the board, and we need to strip

‘…half an hour a week on the thing that has the most potential to improve the experience and outcomes of young people does seem pathetically little.’ So many reasons why excellent professional development is. Great article from Robert Coe evidencebased.education/why-are-we-hol…

‘Professional development is the strongest lever school leaders hold for increasing long-term student outcomes. Great leaders find ways to implement PD to maximise its impact, to prioritise long-term benefits over shiny quick fixes, and to make time for PD…’ 👏👏👏 Robert Coe

Hace unos años Robert Coe impartió una conferencia sobre el aprendizaje que ayuda a reflexionar sobre el aprendizaje y la enseñanza. Una parte estaba dedicada a los malos indicadores del aprendizaje (fácilmente observables, pero no informan realmente sobre el aprendizaje):

Yesterday Jamie Scott represented EBE at a reception for winners of the King's Award for Enterprise at Windsor Castle. Thank you to everyone who has supported and put their faith in our work. It feels like only yesterday EBE was two people working out of a spare bedroom!

Nice Op Ed from Melanie Renowden in Tes that mentions our work on understanding teacher impact. How understanding teacher impact can help retention tes.com/magazine/analy…

Evidence Based Education Raj Chande To find out more, you can also sign up to our webinar with Robert Coe on Wednesday 18th September: buff.ly/4cqJlPa (6/6)

Been working on this with the excellent Robert Coe ... and more to come! Take a look.

It is entirely predictable & tiresome that when exclusion & suspension figures were published, the same old tribal argument began. It’s time for grown up discussion where participants don’t deliberately mischaracterise others’ positions & criticise things they haven’t said.

Evidence Based Education Raj Chande Sign up to our exclusive webinar👩‍💻 with Robert Coe on 18th September: buff.ly/4cqJlPa (4/5)

Wonderful to see this excellent paper from Ben et al. TL;DR: How we mostly choose team leaders is the worst possible way. A simulation task to assess 'ability to make good resource allocation decisions' proves remarkably predictive

Curriculum and assessment review publishing.service.gov.uk Things I really like about this: - Recognition that accountability constrains assessment choices - Acknowledgement that any change has a high cost - 'rigorously evidence and data informed' - Focus on equity Prof Becky Francis

A thread on increasing racial diversity in ITT 🧵 Q: What connections are made between research by Jack Worth National Foundation for Educational Research on Racial Equity in the Teacher Workforce, including ITT programmes nfer.ac.uk/media/ytnjlaz4… and this Schools Week article schoolsweek.co.uk/trainee-teache… 1/12

Does astrology work? We tested the ability of 152 astrologers to see if they could demonstrate genuine astrological skill. Here is how the study was designed and what we found (including a result that really surprised me): 🧵

10 days to go! Do you have your tickets? We are exhibiting at researchED on the 7th of September. Come meet us at our stand and grab your free resources. See you there! More information here 👉 hubs.la/Q02M0fpx0 #rED24

Long post about coaching: Coaching is very popular. It's clear why, there is lots of good evidence to support it and lots of very smart people swear by it. I've also been a bit worried about if for a while. I've written about this before, but will try be a bit more systematic:

My talk is about feedback. If you think: - I already get good feedback about my work - I can judge how well a lesson has gone - I can judge whether students are learning - I do learn from experience - I can manage a complex organisation based on intuition I'll say you are wrong

What can education learn from Moneyball? @profcoe and I will tell you Saturday 12.15 at #rEd24 researchED Drop by, even if you think the answer to that question is "nothing"