In this post I argue that compulsory GCSEs for all, which means enforced failure for some, is profoundly unethical. I also outline an alternative model for secondary school assessments.  Educational [...]

A few months ago I wrote a piece for Optimus Education's Insight magazine, which they have kindly agreed to let me share here. Here's a link if [...]

As is customary, this blogpost was inspired by a discussion I had on Twitter the other day. The thread is here if you're interested, but in [...]

A year ago, I began working as a tutor at the Self Managed Learning College in Brighton. It's an alternative education provider for young people aged 9-16 [...]

I wrote this back in March 2013 in an attempt to map current and historical discourses around education, and to question why some things just don't seem to [...]

On Friday evening I received this series of 3 tweets from Greg Ashman, who writes a blog called Filling the Pail. https://twitter.com/greg_ashman/status/804805816582742016   https://twitter.com/greg_ashman/status/804806702893629440   [...]

This follows on from my last 2 blogs: Learning is meaningless A glossary of learning terms In this post, I would like to explain (to [...]

In my last post I argued that, for educators at least, the word ‘learning’ is so vague as to be meaningless except as an umbrella [...]

Definitions are important. Everybody knows this. If we can’t be clear about the meanings of the words we use, we should stop using them and [...]

In this post (first written in 2014), I attempt to set out a long view for education reform. I realise that what follows is quite far removed [...]