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New today on the astronomy and astrology of teaching.

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A great critique of Timimi’s book, Searching for Normal. A long, diagnostic piece which is worth the investment of time.

This is my attempt to make sense of AI and how we’re doing this at my school…. benjamindwhite.wordpress.com/2025/10/19/lea…

The most influential study on scaffolding timing just failed replication. My latest on why this matters and what the evidence actually shows. Link in reply 👇

It's half term next week for many of us so plenty of time to get stuck into this weeks #eduweeklyroundup, featuring blogs from Matthew Evans, Alex Quigley, Nick Hart, Shaun Allison classteaching.wordpress.com/2025/10/24/wee…

“As educationalists, we should concern ourselves with how people are in the here and now, not who they are according to some taxonomy; with specific needs, not generic descriptors; with pragmatic accommodations, not murky etiologies. To do otherwise is cack-handed.”

It is so easy to be wrong – and to persist in being wrong – when the costs of being wrong are paid by others.” Thomas Sowell’s line could be the motto of English education. Policy-makers get plaudits; teachers get the blame; children pay the bill. Link below

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New on 100% Assessment Substack: Does Your Test Really Measure Attainment? When summed scores mislead and how IRT helps 100assessment.substack.com/p/does-your-te… Matthew Evans

New plane dropped

Claire (and coauthors) have written a wise, digestible and essential book which I highly recommend. What I really like is that Claire practices what she preaches - she’s a first rate practitioner.

If you want to find out how to close the advantage gap and give disadvantaged students the best chances of succes, this is absolute gold dust! Bravo! curriculum.substack.com/p/disadvantage…

✍ NEW ON SUBSTACK ✍ I'm pairing something old from the Wordpress archive with something new. From the archives: Sense making | When the map doesn't match the terrain mrnickhart.substack.com/p/sense-making New this week: Four forms of organisational sense making mrnickhart.substack.com/p/four-forms-o…