Mehenaj team

by Terry Heick The difference between students and learners is an important one. On the surface it’s a matter of tone and compliance, but it also has to do with purpose–why are they learning? How much of themselves are invested in the process? And does it lead to personal change, or mere performance? So below … Read more

Children Missing Education (CME) are children and young people of compulsory school age who are not registered pupils at a school and not receiving suitable education otherwise than at a school.  Three education and local authority leads share how they work to take preventative action or intervene where necessary to help ensure the most vulnerable children … Read more

@TeacherToolkit Ross Morrison McGill founded @TeacherToolkit in 2010, and today, he is one of the ‘most followed educators’on social media in the world. In 2015, he was nominated as one of the ‘500 Most Influential People in Britain’ by The Sunday Times as a result of… Read more about @TeacherToolkit How should the government use … Read more

For many Slate campuses, the Slate Summit conference held every year in June is always a highlight of the year. While conference attendees look forward to many things at Summit each year (late-night coding, breakout sessions, or breakfast momosas) perhaps the crown-jewel of the show is the opening session when Technolutions CEO Alexander Clark announces … Read more

The report comes amid an ongoing national debate about how children best learn to read, and how much emphasis schools should place on explicitly teaching certain key components of literacy, such as phonics. Dozens of states have passed laws in recent years, according to a tracker maintained by Education Week, that require schools to use … Read more

by TeachThought Staff Sometimes the replacement is better than the original, and we don’t miss the original for more than a brief moment: think whiteboards v. blackboards, chalk, and erasers; or copy machines v. mimeograph machines and purple ‘masters.’ But then sometimes we look around and wonder why something important seems to have disappeared, like … Read more

@TeacherToolkit Ross Morrison McGill founded @TeacherToolkit in 2010, and today, he is one of the ‘most followed educators’on social media in the world. In 2015, he was nominated as one of the ‘500 Most Influential People in Britain’ by The Sunday Times as a result of… Read more about @TeacherToolkit Why should our students settle … Read more