I have rarely worked with a classroom assistant that has had any measurable impact on kids understanding of maths (with one very notable exception who is spectacular). Most just don't know enoug… (View Post)

Anecdotally (I don't have the research to back this up): smaller class sizes. Essentially, pay the same per class but with fewer kids in them. Our classes have been creeping up (from 30 in top s… (View Post)

I did say economically coherent... (View Post)

I don't agree about the site, but I do think in the countty as a whole there has been something of a capture of the left by what I'd describe as the 'comfortable left' (of which I… (View Post)

Calling out the populist tosh isn't the issue. Describing Clacton as a cesspit and badging the mass of Clacton voters as low aspiration is the issue here. (View Post)