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Grasping the beast – a whole school writing strategy by @marymered
I was once a National Strategy English consultant (nice work if you could get it); […]
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An Inconvenient Truth – Grouping Pupils by Ability is Iniquitous by @MaryMered
Routine setting or streaming arrangements undermine low-attainers’ confidence and discourage the belief that attainment can be improved through effort. […]
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Retrieval doesn’t always have to mean a test by @marymered
Flashcard activities may challenge the busy teacher’s capacity for forward planning; they may be a […]
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How we punish students with rewards by @marymered
Many teachers are parents of school aged children too; we’re the ones who embarrass our […]
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Rigour or Discrimination? The Reformed GCSEs by @MaryMered
The headline is purely rhetorical. It is my firm belief that ‘strengthened’ GCSEs violate the 2010 […]
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UKEdMag: Struggling Readers Slip Through the Net in Secondary School by @MaryMered
– Having just read the UK’s ‘Vision for Literacy, 2025’ I feel compelled to share […]
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The Greatest Teachers are Expert at The Status Game by @MaryMered
I discovered the status game on a course years ago. Participants were given a secret […]
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Letter to Ofqual Regarding Flawed New English Literature GCSE by @MaryMered
“I write to express my deep misgivings about the new English Literature GCSE and in […]
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There’s a mental health crisis. What’s your school doing about it? by @MaryMered
This is a re-blog post originally posted by Mary Meredith, and published with kind permission. […]