It's shocking that Trinity Hall are considering targeting student recruitment from "elite private schools." The University of Cambridge is a world-class institution, but access is overwhelmingly unequal 🧵 www.theguardian.com/education/20...

The most influential study on scaffolding timing just failed replication. My latest on why this matters and what the evidence actually shows. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/we-need-to...

In Search of Vygotsky: How the Zone of Proximal Development Became Education's Most Misunderstood Idea. 👉 carlhendrick.substack.com/p/in-search-...

NEW EPISODE This one was quite hard for me to do, as we talk about antisemitism in England, and the security measures that the Jewish community has to take in schools and synagogues. Tune in and share if you can! open.spotify.com/episode/18IO...

New on 100% Assessment Substack: Target Grades - Useful or Unhelpful? 100assessment.substack.com/p/target-gra... @head-teach.bsky.social

I have been using the Tutor Group Think resources with my form group all this week - both they and I have already learnt so much already! Cannot recommend them enough! Thank you @drwilkinsonsci.bsky.social

🎉 #SteplabSummerReads #8 - Final Giveaway! Win "Just Tell Them" by Zach Groshell! Zach - Steplab North America lead + host of "Progressively Incorrect" podcast - shows how clear, explicit teaching helps all learners. ✅ Follow ❤️ Like 🔁 Share Winner Fri!

📚 Steplab Summer Reads #7 Win "Symbiosis" by Claire Hill + a Steplab bundle! Claire, Executive Director at Steplab, explores curriculum & classroom in the first book to do so — offering practical, coherent strategies for schools. ✅ Follow ❤️ Like 🔁 Share 🏆 Winner Fri!

🎉 Steplab Summer Reads #5 Win "The Classroom Management Handbook" by Ollie Lovell + the Steplab bundle (mug, notepad, pen)! Ollie, Steplab Australia Director, shares 10 principles & 18 routines for calm, focused classrooms. 1️⃣ Follow 2️⃣ Like 3️⃣ Share 🏆 Winner Tues!

🎉 Steplab Summer Reads #4 Win a copy of "Developing Expert Teaching" by Peps Mccrea—plus a Steplab bundle (mug, pen & notepad)! Peps is Steplab’s Director of Education & author of the "High Impact Teaching" series. ✅ Follow ❤️ Like 🔁 Share 🏆 Winner announced Friday!

🎉 Steplab Summer Reads #3 – Bonus Round! We’ve got more authors on our team, than weeks of summer—so here’s a midweek treat! 📕 Win The Scaffolding Effect by Rachel Ball—released today! Plus a Steplab bundle: mug, notepad & pen ☕ 📒 🖋️ ✅ Follow ❤️ Like 🔁 Share 🏆 Winner announced Wed!

🎉 Steplab Summer Reads #2 Win Responsive Teaching by Harry Fletcher-Wood + Steplab bundle. Harry is Steplab’s Director of Training and a globally experienced educator. His book explores six key teaching challenges with research-backed strategies. ✅ Follow ❤️ Like 🔁 Share Winner announced Friday!

🎉 Steplab Summer Reads – Book #1 Win Responsive Coaching by Josh Goodrich, plus a Steplab bundle (mug, pen & notepad)! Josh is Steplab’s co-founder & CEO, and a former teacher, leader & coaching expert. To enter: 1️⃣ Follow 2️⃣ Like 3️⃣ Share 📚 PD fans, this one’s for you! 🏆 Winner announced Friday!

If you’re a Teach First Ambassador, please do take 20 seconds to fill this out and send it onwards. forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Harmful to none, beneficial for many, essential for some - such an eloquent way of putting something really important about inclusive teaching!

NEW BLOG: Managing attention in classrooms is a social justice issue hobbolog.wordpress.com/2025/06/02/m... #UKEd #Edusky #EduBlogUK

Scholarship for Durham University Students £15,000 for a full-time student from the North East of England and from a lower income household to study full-time for a STEM taught Masters degree for the year 2025-26. Durham people please spread the word! Application form 👇

Improved visualiser setup - more space and better eyeline to be seen looking! IKEA DUBBLA for anybody interested ✍️

The Nocebo Effect. Opposite of placebo - if you expect bad effects they are likely to happen. E g - if you come to believe you can't read well on white paper, you are likely to find it harder and harder to read well on white paper.

June is Pride Month and also GRT History Month. Below are two resources that can be used during tutor time or PD sessions

Ready for the journey back up north!

Great day @cogscisci.bsky.social conference! Lots to think about and great to talk to other teacher passionate about the implementation of cognitive science in the classroom!

Lovely evening with @hugheshaili.bsky.social @mrlordscience.bsky.social before CogSciSci tomorrow!

@pepsmccrea.bsky.social has succinctly and concretely described the current landscape of SEND provision in schools. We must make sure that classrooms and schools are inclusive by design - ensuring that instruction and assessment secure progress for all students!

Physics, like so many fields, depends on global talent and strong university communities. To remain at the forefront of innovation, we must stay open, welcoming, and supportive of those working to shape our future. (2/2)

A lovely day spent in the fells completing the Newlands Horseshoe! Got talking to some folk radioing all the way to Carmarthen - a great example to share with students when I teach EM waves next week! Taking us to 40/214 Wainwrights completed 👣 #walkingthewainwrights #lakedistrict #derwentwater

I’ve been at a couple of events focused on creating more inclusive schools recently, and it’s such a disconnect between what behaviour some people think schools should accept to be inclusive, and how chaotic, unsafe and non inclusive a school would be if it actually allowed that behaviour.

A great episode! Really powerful to hear @natashaporter.bsky.social talk about her career in education and prison systems!

MINDBLOWINGLY GOOD NEW EPISODE @natashaporter.bsky.social joins us to talk all things schools, prisons, and what it means to make a difference. Genuinely genuinely amazing. Please do tune in and share. open.spotify.com/episode/0RlD...

Got my ticket! 🎟️

Great to see a focus on high expectations of young people with SEN and those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, with genuine consideration of how they can best be served! I feel 'evolution not revolution' will not only support students but also the wellbeing of all staff in education.

Why The Forgetting Curve Is Not As Useful As You Think carlhendrick.substack.com/p/why-the-fo...

Always enjoy reading evidence snacks from @pepsmccrea.bsky.social This week's key takeaway - 'despite our instincts around individuality, the way people learn is actually way more similar than it is different' This is why underpinning practise in cognitive science and memory models is pivotal!

✍️ "Passions and dreams are not exclusive to those from middle class backgrounds." The creative industries have a class problem. Working class people are locked out of careers in areas like TV, Film and Music. Read a breakdown of our research 👇

📢 Nominations for the Teacher of Physics Award closes on 16 March. If you know an inspiring physics teacher that deserves to be recognised, get your nomination in today! ✨ #IOPAwards25 Find out more: www.iop.org/about/awards...

@bennewmark.bsky.social 'EHCPs and documents like Pupil Passports often include adaptations and interventions for which there is no evidence of efficacy beyond placebo or Hawthorne effects' As a psychology graduate in education, this has always resonated with me schoolsweek.co.uk/send-provisi...

Back in the Lakes to climb some of the taller far eastern fells! Taking us to 35/214 Joined by @ibritton.bsky.social #walkingthewainwrights #lakedistrict #haweswater

Really enjoyed this video reflecting on changes within education! Dylan Williams talking about high expectations for ALL, but the potential need to focus on the achievement of LPA is a topic very much on my mind as a teacher with equity and addressing educational equality central to my practice!

The biggest short-term teaching problem is ATTENTION. Students who aren't paying attention can't learn. The biggest long-term problem is MEMORY. You can smash out the best lesson ever, but if you don't have a long term memory strategy you're wasting your breath.

Half-term well spent in the Lakes! Some great weather and 14 Wainwrights completed taking us to 30/214! #walkingthewainwrights #halfterm