Pause the research please!

 Educated people everywhere use well designed reliable and valid research. We are taught how to do it. We are required to read it, digest it, ruminate on it, write about it and attack or defend it. However, it has occurred to me that some of the research which clearly points

A better way – some thoughts on the ‘Class Size’ protests

 As a retired teacher, I relish in seeing adults I once taught as children appear in the news because they improved the world in some way. I am delighted to see them on television getting an award for outstanding work. It gives me great satisfaction when they turn up as a

Does size really matter, Teach?

 An inquisitive adolescent boy posed this complex question to his Sex Education teacher, “Does size really matter, Teach!” The somewhat embarrassed young educator swallowed hard, took a deep breath, and thoughtfully postulated, “Well, that depends on a few salient factors! And those factors include who are the participants, what their skill