A few years ago, we wrote an article for EdSurge about our school, Taos Academy, and its personalized learning model, focused on flexible weekly scheduling. In that model, students come to campus a few days a week and learn online the...

“Instructional coaching is like sports coaching,” says Teresa Engler, K-12 Instructional Technology Coach for McGuffey School District in southwestern Pennsylvania. “From the sideline, a coach gives the team a play, explains how it will...

The education world gets obsessed sometimes with trying to come up with ways to measure smarts. But today we’re talking with someone who has a history of shaking up the narrative when it comes to talking about intelligence. It’s Howard...

Everything about Ray, from his seat choice to his body language in class, indicated that he didn’t want to be noticed. And for the first half of his 9th grade year, he did enough to pass, earning Cs and Ds. Ray was the kind of kid who...

After a wasted summer, the government is well behind where it needs to be in terms of its thinking, planning and delivery Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage It is great to see so many young people back in the...

The disadvantaged pupils who lost out most during the pandemic will need targeted support to catch up The evidence that educational inequality has grown sharply in England during the six months since schools closed in March may not be...

The £350m initiative promised by Boris Johnson will not be in place in schools until spring 2021, warn unions Pupils in England will have to wait until the winter to access the “catch-up” personal tutoring Boris Johnson promised would...

Children packed in like sardines, few face masks ... an English secondary teacher records pupils’ return I wake at 4am, two hours before my alarm is due to go off, with sneezing fits and stomach cramps – cramps are one of my symptoms of...

Shambolic political leadership has left overworked staff to clean up the mess. The lack of consultation is mystifying No one doubts that the events arising from the Covid-19 pandemic can legitimately be described as unprecedented. But...

Listen to this post as a podcast: Sponsored by Pear Deck and UL Xplorlabs Teaching is a complex, multifaceted, dynamic profession. New ideas, new tools, and new strategies are coming at you all the time. On top of...

Listen to my interview with Dave Stuart Jr. (transcript): Sponsored by Pear Deck and UL Xplorlabs If you’re reading this in August of 2020, you’re most likely in the midst of juggling a hundred different things right...

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