Fantastic to see that our article on the experiences of autistic teachers in Poland has been published open access in the International Journal of Inclusive Education 🙌https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13603116.2025.2518393#abstract #AutismResearch

Co-creation of research agendas could strengthen policy research engagement wonkhe.com/blogs/co-cre...

A must listen for teachers and leaders. @evelynforde1.bsky.social tells us why mattering is so important @markquinn1968.bsky.social

I’m in the Guardian today, arguing that we should stop them all-class mental health lessons in schools I've thought very carefully about ‘going public’ with this, because it's a sensitive argument to make, especially in the face of so many young people struggling. (cont 🧵) tinyurl.com/vun92cz7

This is a superb piece. It simultaneously made me want to jump for joy and sit with my head in my hands and weep. Pretty much everything Sam Gibbs argues for is what I've been on about for the last decade or more - losses that I've witnessed that have transformed www.tes.com/magazine/tea... 1/

Worth reading: NEU's research into: The impact of standardised curricula on teacher professionalism #UKEd neu.org.uk/latest/libra...

This.

I just LOVE this from @emmaturner75.bsky.social's recent blog. It gives me such confidence in the amazing practitioners out there like her & it's great to see that there's such an appetite for the kind of English teaching I've spent my whole career doing, arguing for & trying to offer support for!

There's some debate about my piece on X & a blog by David Didau agreeing with much of what I say but warning against a return to 'some mythical version of the past'. I've written a response to this idea of a 'myth' of a different kind of English on my own blog: www.barbarableiman.com/post/a-respo...

"It would recognise that good teaching often involves navigating tensions between competing aims – freedom and structure, tradition and innovation, care and rigour. And it would treat evidence not as a mandate, but as a resource for deliberation and reflection."

“truthfully, we've got to change the culture that they're consuming and the means by which our technology is facilitating this culture.”

A new paper from researchers at the Centre for Educational Neuroscience shares best practices for evaluating what works in the classroom. Read about their findings below 📚 #BrainAwarenessWeek

The key, for me, is to ensure that teaching is "recursive", as in, it is a back-and-forth endeavour in which students and teacher converse to ensure each party understands the other. These feedback loops need to be frequent, but are removed in the current Taylorist movement which linearises teaching

Greenwich looking glorious in the sunshine

Students from working class backgrounds still make up only 5% of entrants to medical schools across the UK. This is what happens when widening participation is an activity rather than a central guiding mission. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

“Class is a key factor that determines who can make it in the creative industries” www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Seriously! Why do so many scientific, educational, and media outlets still include an X/Twitter "share" button with no corresponding one for Bluesky? Read the room, folks.

This is the most clear-eyed thing I have read on the intent and likely consequences of what is happening in the US federal govt

"We should perhaps be cautious about being superficially impressed by someone who oozes charisma." My new blog post this week: jillberry102.blog/2025/02/04/c...

Great way to start the day

If you want to go beyond simplified conceptions of the learning sciences, this is a must listen @markquinn1968.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/202...

There many jobs in 'teaching'. In this ECF Staffroom episode, @elainelong.bsky.social and I quizzed Sally Adams about her route from #EarlyYears teacher to research lead. #Education @ioe.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/202...

This is one of our most provocative episodes of ECF Staffroom, dispelling some #EdNeuroSci myths. @elainelong.bsky.social with Dr Rebecca Gordon youtube.com/watch?v=__zw...

Unstable situation: A leader of a complex adaptive system, such as a school, that believes in linear cause-effect control of that system. Schools respond & adapt to new policies. You can't precisely predict the effect of introducing a new policy and SLT must reciprocate the adaptive dance. #UKEd

What happens to the ‘could have beens’? Emily tells us we should really think more about this if we want to improve teacher recruitment. A must listen for anyone wanting to broaden their knowledge of teacher recruitment

Sort of a bit tired of seeing posts that takes for granted that science is entirely value free. What question did you choose to study? Did you pick it at random? Thought not. What do you measure? Why that and not something else?

Entirely agree…the problem is not the mutation as such, but the fact that we assume research can or should be implemented with fidelity in the first place

This one is an absolute corker! If you want to go beyond some of the more popularised conceptions of cognitive psychology, it is a must listen!

This one is an absolute corker! If you want to go beyond some of the more popularised conceptions of cognitive psychology, it is a must listen!

What do we really mean by culture?

Step out your bubble and listen to the amazing Raf Alleyne talk about his approach to leading equality, diversity and inclusion.

Back to School is nearly upon us and make no mistake the aftermath of race riots will be felt in schools across 🇬🇧 This by @pennyrabiger.bsky.social hits so many nails on the head, it is essential reading. There is also essential action to take! tenpencemore.wordpress.com/2024/08/17/p...

⭐New post⭐ Should management impose precise activities on teachers? Probably not. Here's why according to enactive cogsci. #EduSky #UKEd #Cogscisci cmooreanderson.wixsite.com/teachingbiol...

The term "Daily Review" is from this study yes. The program provided students with daily Maths lessons, with homework assigned after each one. The daily review would be related to the homework, expect when they did the weekly/monthly test. I fear "Daily Review" is a lethal mutation now! #UKEd

A helpful summary for those wanting to learn more about digital black face.

Really valuable read for all. I cannot stress how important it is for more recognition & training on autism in girls. It is still going unnoticed, leaving many girls alone, suffering & failing to thrive unnecessarily autisticgirlsnetwork.org/keeping-it-a... #EduSKy #TeacherEducation

Really enjoyed reading this! We can learn a lot from philosophical approaches!

A great way to make a difference to a new starter 👇

Successful people rarely become better leaders because they know more. They become better leaders because they follow through on what they know.

Here’s hoping!

If you’re new to this platform, then you might want to follow this list of more than 100 headteachers, principals, CEOs etc. (Heads: If you’re not on it and want to be, let me know.) #HeadteachersUK #EduSky bsky.app/profile/did:...

If we think about effect size here. If an intervention has no effect, then the mean and SD of the groups would be similar, if not the same. Therefore, if I gave you 100 test scores and asked which group they came from, you'd have a 50/50 chance of getting it right. But....🧵 #UKEd #SciTeachUK

It’s that time of year again… if you’re wondering how to support #autistic students with the #transition to #secondary sch in Sept then read my blog on the Autism Education Trust (AET) website. A few yrs old now (written at the height of Covid boredom) www.autismeducationtrust.org.uk/blog/support...

Nothing better than a dog walk and a beautiful sun set

Hard agree!

Interesting provocation

A summary: FT, Times, Mail, Guardian, Telegraph, New Statesman - all agree. Now is the time to think again about what school does and start to tell a better story about education. www.penguin.co.uk/books/454163...

A great starting point for teachers and leaders who wish to develop their knowledge of anti-racism #EduSky

Until we have racial literacy as a mandatory requirement for 21st-century teachers, this will be the cycle we continuously collude in.