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How do we know if a teacher's any good?
May 09, 2015 |
Category: leadership
Obviously enough, not all teachers are equal. But how do we know which ones are any cop? Well, we just do, don't we? Everyone in a school community tends to know who's doing a decent job. But how do w...
Teacher appraisal and the fundamental attribution error
Nov 09, 2014 |
Category: leadership
As favour and riches forsake a man, we discover in him the foolishness they concealed, and which no one perceived before.
Jean de La Bruyère
You know that lad in Year 9 who gives you constant...
How not to improve a school
Apr 21, 2012 |
Category: leadership
Everyone agrees that 'lasting and sustaining improvement in student outcomes' is a good thing and there's little doubt that we should also seek to narrow the gap in achievement between different group...
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