Reading culture: A secondary school response to the National Year of Reading - SecEd How one school is transforming reading culture through pleasure, visibility & community in the National Year of Reading

As the #NationalYearofReading gets underway, one school is reshaping how students see reading – making it social, visible & meaningful. A powerful model for building whole‑school reading culture & #ReadingForPleasure. @mrs-tremble.bsy.social explains how: buff.ly/TW8me8r #literacy #edusky

How to decide on school improvement priorities: Three guiding principles - Headteacher Update Three rules to help headteachers decide on and plan school improvement priorities that will have the biggest impact

How to decide on school improvement priorities: Improvement in #schools is a balancing act & every senior leadership team needs to decide what their priorities are. @ensermark.bsky.social & @greeborunner.bsky.social set out 3 guiding principles for making these decisions:

Waterstones opens 10 new stores a year as younger adults embrace reading Bookshop chain says people are keen to escape their screens and says rise in sales is partly down to BookTok

A good news story!

'Waterstones opens 10 new stores a year as younger adults embrace reading.'

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

#Schools in England have a long history of setting. @mrs-tremble.bsky.social considers why this is, the problems with ability grouping & how #teachers can make a success of mixed ability #teaching buff.ly/Tx8QfGZ #education

#Schools in England have a long history of setting. @mrs-tremble.bsky.social considers why this is, the problems with ability grouping & how #teachers can make a success of mixed ability #teaching buff.ly/Tx8QfGZ #education #edusky

Jonathan Haidt maintains that the attention problem caused by smartphones and social media is "even worse than the mental health problem ' @cstvoice.bsky.social

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The Reading Comprehension Advocacy Network (RCAN) is a group of researchers, teachers, leaders and members of the education sector committed to ensuring reading comprehension is central to the curriculum and teaching.

Find out what we do here:

wp.lancs.ac.uk/rcan/

NEW 🧵 Is human intelligence starting to decline?

Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s

What should we make of this?

www.ft.com/content/a801...

How to get interleaving wrong: In our new online course we've worked hard to provide not just examples but also non-examples and lethal mutations. Find out more: www.academica-group.com/en/how-teach...

How do we stop misogyny taking root in our schools? Schools must be safe, inclusive spaces where misogyny is challenged, not tolerated, says Nuzhat Uthmani

The issue of misogyny in education is growing at an alarming rate, reflecting broader societal concerns – but schools must be safe, inclusive places where it is challenged and not tolerated, writes @nuthmani.bsky.social

I’m off everything (social media) from Blue Sky. I just don’t feel the need to share details of my life on the internet anymore. It feels nice! Will give DDG a try! Thanks for the tip

What a great way to spend a Wednesday, with literacy leads from across Worcester. Day 1 of leading literacy ✅. Loved being a part of it a facilitating today and the opportunities brought about by being an ELE with @staffordshirers.bsky.social

This is why you don't design curricula around "jobs of the future".

We can't predict the future but we do know what general skills and knowledge will be valuable whatever job you do.

Supplement: A survival guide for early career teachers - SecEd Welcome to SecEd’s annual supplement for early career teachers (ECTs), offering 16 pages of advice to help new teachers survive and thrive at the chalkface. From professional conduct to safeguarding,…

Our annual SecEd supplement for early career #teachers is free to download. We offer 16 pages of advice to help new teachers survive & thrive. From professional conduct to #safeguarding, from #wellbeing to classroom ideas. Get your copy here! https://buff.ly/4eBJLDT #edusky

An absolute no brainer to give this power to Mayors in England. Yet the Treasury is too cautious even to allow this.

💻 Webinar - Actionable Feedback Strategies for the classroom. @evidencebasededu.bsky.social

How do we ensure feedback helps learning and not hinder it?

🗓️ 4th February
🕔 16:00 GMT
💷 FREE for GTT members (check your email for a coupon code this week)

Register here: hubs.la/Q0336Glq0

Hidden disadvantage: Students living in rural poverty - SecEd Rural poverty is rife and has a big impact on students’ educational outcomes – but it often goes unnoticed by government

Many assume that students living in rural areas perform well in their academic studies & yet rural #poverty is rife & has a huge impact. School leader @mrs-tremble.bsky.social considers the challenges: buff.ly/40mQFXq #PupilPremium #teaching #edusky

Why making reading easier may be a bad choice There are myriad ways to simplify reading, from AI summaries to shortened sentences, but we may be making life hard for pupils in the long run, writes Alex Quigley

My new @tesmagazine.bsky.social column on 'Why making reading easier may be a bad choice'.

Looking forward to all those AI created extracts, lovely and easy graphic summaries, or 'Shakespeare made easy'? Perhaps think again.

www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

London bound for a day of learning at the @steplab.bsky.social conference. Nice change of pace and looking forward investing in my own professional develop 📖📚

Proud to be part of the Worcester partnership with Billesley Research School delivering literacy for leaders.

(PDF) Rethinking Evidence-Based Practice in Education: A Critical Literature Review of the 'What Works' Approach PDF | This literature review critically examines the concept of 'evidence-based practice' (EBP) in education, particularly its implementation in... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on R...

Rethinking Evidence-Based Practice in Education: A Critical Literature Review of the 'What Works' Approach

Adapted from a preliminary literature review for my EdD.

#education #teaching #learning #edusky #uked #educhat #schools #research

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Developing Curriculum for Deep Thinking This OA book proposes a way forward to effectively teach knowledge and complex cognitive skills in school and achieve equitable opportunities.

It’s here! Our new open access book on curriculum written by Tim Surma, @paulkirschner.bsky.social, @dylanwiliam.bsky.social, @timsurma.bsky.social, Nuno Crato, Elizabeth Rata, John Hattie, Claudio Van Hees, Michiel Wils, Jasper Nijlunsing and me. Download it here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

All parents/carers of children under 20, and all educators should read this hugely important book by @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social . Number one on Barack Obama’s reading list. #edusky

Home Page Durrington Research School, part of the Research Schools Network

We're excited to launch our presence on Blue Sky and connect with a vibrant community of researchers, schools, and other experts!

Thank you for being part of our journey. We’re excited to connect, share, and grow!
#Research #Education

Get to know us: researchschool.org.uk/durrington

If you’ve got children, you need to watch Swiped – and see how sick their phones are making them | Simon Jenkins A TV documentary has revealed the toll of smartphone use on 11-year-olds’ mental health, and the consequences of addiction, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Yeah it's time for proper restriction of smart phones for kids. Even a ban. We have enough evidence they're dreadful for us and worse for children. Let's get on with it now.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND this guide on pupil motivation and engagement 👇

It tackles the constant tension between wanting children to achieve AND thrive & presents an easy to read, research-based approach that shows you can definitely do both!

www2.ambition.org.uk/l/330231/202...

Great to see @durringresearch.bsky.social on here!

Google's Deep Research feature is something to watch. It takes about 3-5 minutes to run. Here I asked an open ended question about consciousness as it relates to generative AI. It pulled 41 sources, synthesized information from them and created a coherent output that integrated source material.