What makes a great teacher?
In 2017, a slim man took the stage at the British Science Festival, one of the oldest science festivals in the world. Gazing out on a sea of leading researchers from around the globe, Sir…
Why Students Write?
Something seemed off. In December 2022, just one month after ChatGPT was released, Furman University professor Darren Hick was grading papers for a class he was teaching on Immanuel Kant’s categorical imperative. Hick, a teacher…
What we can learn from South Korea’s Hagwons
Unfortunately, across the whole of the UK, disadvantaged pupils still lag far behind their better off peers. There are so many statistics that demonstrate it. In 2023, at the end of primary school, 47 per…
The Cost of Undervaluing Teachers
Like much of the public sector, teachers’ wages in Scotland have been severely affected by austerity. Between 2010 and 2024, teachers’ real pay in Scotland fell by over 17.9%, with experienced teachers facing even greater…
Mastery learning
Educators have known for millennia that one-on-one instruction – tutoring that works with students at their own time and pace – is the best way for people to learn. It is what Alexander the Great…