*** NEW POST *** What state is geography education in today? Whilst there are signs of strength, there are also challenges that could undermine everyone's hard work... tes.com/magazine/teach… via Tes magazine

*** BIG NEWS *** My and Zoe Enser 🐉.bsky.social BRAND NEW BOOK is out soon with @crownhousepub.bsky.social. In it, we explore what it is that sets amazing schools apart and answers the question, 'How DO they do it?'. Link in comments.

Zoe Enser 🐉 Crown House Publishing Details of our BRAND NEW BOOK are here - crownhouse.co.uk/how-do-they-do…

Mark Enser 🌍 Tes magazine Daniel Willingham Shaun Allison Tom Bennett OBE Mary Myatt Daisy Christodoulou AAAAAND... Teach Like Nobody's Watching of course! (hope you're well sir)

‘Well-established routines form the foundation of effective teaching': Dr Sarah Mullin shares research-informed strategies to help new teachers create routines in their classrooms from day one tes.com/magazine/analy…

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In your view, what’s the most dangerous half-truth in current curriculum discourse? Something that sounds right but causes long-term damage?

I'm retweeting because you should get a copy; I don't need one as I already have it. Get it.

Get a copy of this book. I have one. Between this and "The Art & Science of Teaching Primary Reading" (also by Christopher Such) both are about as fundamental to reading in primary schools as you can get. 👇👇

Attendance is improving but severe absence - pupils missing 50% or more of lessons - remains stubbornly high. It casts a shadow over the govt's otherwise positive attendance figures for the 24/25 academic year. tes.com/magazine/news/…

How much are international school heads paid? And how big is the gender imbalance in salaries? Dan Worth digs into the latest Council of International Schools research tes.com/magazine/analy…

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5 books to help new international teachers get to grips with the culture and context of the country they’re heading to tes.com/magazine/analy…

ICYMI: Pupil attendance improved in 2024-25 but severe absence remains a stubborn problem, official figures show tes.com/magazine/news/…

Do the modern humanities work like a "luxury market for outrage," where virtue signaling outcompetes truth-seeking? Join philosopher Dan Williams & host Anna Gát 🧭 to explore the incentives shaping scholarship & how to reward accuracy: interintellect.com/salons/humanit…

I’ve just seen a post sharing a blog called “Ofsted-Friendly Displays”. Can we stop labelling things as “Ofsted approved” when the link to the framework is flimsy at best? All it does is fuel the same unhelpful cycle we should be breaking. #Edutwitter #Edchat #Education

📖 Mark Roberts shares 7 lesser-known studies around improving pupils' learning that could come in handy when planning for the new school year tes.com/magazine/teach…

How you teach writing depends on what you believe writing is for 👇 writing4pleasure.com/2024/03/15/the…

Zoe Enser 🐉 Yes. Absolutely. Different social situations, different purposes, and different audiences will require different ways of writing and different writing ‘products’.

If I never hear "Ofsted wants" again, it will be too soon. Almost nothing we do in schools should be about some perceived Ofsted compliance. Everything should be about what is best for the students.