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How To Use An Apostrophe – The Oatmeal. Just a sample from part of the poster above!   This is a wonderfully random poster: wonder if we could copies for every classroom!

NSW Secondary mathematics teachers battered by a ‘perfect storm’ « 21st Century Learning I need to read this with some care because of the comments about the teaming of literacy and numeracy. Might link...

Oh God, the teachers in  these letters (The Sydney Morning Herald SmartEdition) just prove Hattie’s thesis! and the lay people show why we are always pushing shit uphill.   I read with interest Professor...

There are times when I wonder who at ACARA is listening: I suppose we’ll find out when the Arts business is settled.   Online consultation opportunity – General capabilities There are seven general capabilities...

As usual, John Hattie’s advice is sage and – most importantly – research based. Mind you, Steve Dinham has had something to say recently about the balance with direct teaching. Better find Joh’s latest...

Trying to find my Top 30 albums of the last 25 years. Dang, not so easy. That makes the cut-off, well … bugger it, let’s make it 1985. So what do I think, in...

What is really depressing is not how few I own, but how few I’ve even heard of! The one’s I own are bolded. There is a price to age and wisdom. Why do I...

Another anniversary: I remember the day so well. What a different world we might have had with some real leadership. Too much and for too long, we seemed to have surrendered personal excellence and...

Yes, I know that it is all wrong for my Year Nines, but  most of these are great. But who the hell is Jacqueline Wilson? The Big Read: BBC Top 200 Book Read May...