Adam Boxer
@adamboxereducation.bsky.social
Science teacher
Education Director at Carousel Learning
Teacher Trainer
Series Editor: Springboard Science
Education Director at Carousel Learning
Teacher Trainer
Series Editor: Springboard Science
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I think lots of your criticisms (accurately) apply to CPD in schools generally so maybe ppl are broadly in agreement with you? (Shock horror)
On a separate note, I have worked in multiple schs with coaching and unless you're a trainee or working with one, you *never* got any extra time.
On a separate note, I have worked in multiple schs with coaching and unless you're a trainee or working with one, you *never* got any extra time.
January 6, 2026 at 8:23 PM
I think lots of your criticisms (accurately) apply to CPD in schools generally so maybe ppl are broadly in agreement with you? (Shock horror)
On a separate note, I have worked in multiple schs with coaching and unless you're a trainee or working with one, you *never* got any extra time.
On a separate note, I have worked in multiple schs with coaching and unless you're a trainee or working with one, you *never* got any extra time.
Interesting observation on this blog:
It's had just as many, if not more, views in the same time period as previous entries.
It's had FAR less engagement in terms of likes and shares.
Thoughts as to why? I have two theories...
It's had just as many, if not more, views in the same time period as previous entries.
It's had FAR less engagement in terms of likes and shares.
Thoughts as to why? I have two theories...
I approached this blog by @adamboxereducation.bsky.social with a fair degree of scepticism because I think coaching is an effective way to make lasting change but he certainly raises many real difficulties in implementing it well.
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Questioning Coaching
Instructional Coaching is the current Big Thing in teacher development. But is it all it's cracked up to be, and what are the common barriers to its successful implementation?
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Interesting observation on this blog:
It's had just as many, if not more, views in the same time period as previous entries.
It's had FAR less engagement in terms of likes and shares.
Thoughts as to why? I have two theories...
It's had just as many, if not more, views in the same time period as previous entries.
It's had FAR less engagement in terms of likes and shares.
Thoughts as to why? I have two theories...
Reposted by Adam Boxer
I approached this blog by @adamboxereducation.bsky.social with a fair degree of scepticism because I think coaching is an effective way to make lasting change but he certainly raises many real difficulties in implementing it well.
open.substack.com/pub/carousel...
open.substack.com/pub/carousel...
Questioning Coaching
Instructional Coaching is the current Big Thing in teacher development. But is it all it's cracked up to be, and what are the common barriers to its successful implementation?
open.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:33 AM
I approached this blog by @adamboxereducation.bsky.social with a fair degree of scepticism because I think coaching is an effective way to make lasting change but he certainly raises many real difficulties in implementing it well.
open.substack.com/pub/carousel...
open.substack.com/pub/carousel...
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The Greatest Do Now Ever™️
This is the story of how one teacher set out to create the greatest Do Now Ever, and he changed my teaching for the better.
Please share if you can 🙏
carouselteachlearnlead.substack.com/p/the-greate...
This is the story of how one teacher set out to create the greatest Do Now Ever, and he changed my teaching for the better.
Please share if you can 🙏
carouselteachlearnlead.substack.com/p/the-greate...
December 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The Greatest Do Now Ever™️
This is the story of how one teacher set out to create the greatest Do Now Ever, and he changed my teaching for the better.
Please share if you can 🙏
carouselteachlearnlead.substack.com/p/the-greate...
This is the story of how one teacher set out to create the greatest Do Now Ever, and he changed my teaching for the better.
Please share if you can 🙏
carouselteachlearnlead.substack.com/p/the-greate...
I just wrote this for a project I am working on and it basically sums up the last 4 years of my life working in school improvement
December 30, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I just wrote this for a project I am working on and it basically sums up the last 4 years of my life working in school improvement
This is terrible
December 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This is terrible
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I don't mean this as a criticism of anyone else but personally I can't imagine how I'd do consultancy if I wasn't in school most of the time. Stuff changes so fast. E g the recent exponential increase in complaints is using up so much bandwidth. It's important to know stuff like this.
December 28, 2025 at 10:39 AM
I don't mean this as a criticism of anyone else but personally I can't imagine how I'd do consultancy if I wasn't in school most of the time. Stuff changes so fast. E g the recent exponential increase in complaints is using up so much bandwidth. It's important to know stuff like this.
In medicine, law, engineering etc, are there people who arent practising doctors, lawyers, engineers writing books and giving keynotes about how it's done?
Punditry by non practitioners seems fine in sports, which is fundamentally entertainment. But is it in education?
Punditry by non practitioners seems fine in sports, which is fundamentally entertainment. But is it in education?
December 28, 2025 at 8:13 AM
In medicine, law, engineering etc, are there people who arent practising doctors, lawyers, engineers writing books and giving keynotes about how it's done?
Punditry by non practitioners seems fine in sports, which is fundamentally entertainment. But is it in education?
Punditry by non practitioners seems fine in sports, which is fundamentally entertainment. But is it in education?
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My advice to people generally is: stop asking people about their plans to start/extend their family.
It’s innocent, enthusiastic, curiosity but you’re not there to pick up the pieces when one of the people asked is inconsolable when you’ve left because they’re actively trying with no luck.
It’s innocent, enthusiastic, curiosity but you’re not there to pick up the pieces when one of the people asked is inconsolable when you’ve left because they’re actively trying with no luck.
Many of you may know that we recently had our third child. You probably don't know that we struggled with secondary infertility and went through IVF.
Very grateful to @jewishchron.bsky.social for publishing my reflections on something we don't talk about enough.
www.thejc.com/community/in...
Very grateful to @jewishchron.bsky.social for publishing my reflections on something we don't talk about enough.
www.thejc.com/community/in...
‘Infertility is a lonely process. We’ve learnt so much about the questions that can hurt’ - The Jewish Chronicle
Adam Boxer and his wife have just welcomed new baby Orly, after suffering secondary infertility. He writes about the struggles to conceive in a culture which is so often centred around children and ba...
www.thejc.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:38 AM
My advice to people generally is: stop asking people about their plans to start/extend their family.
It’s innocent, enthusiastic, curiosity but you’re not there to pick up the pieces when one of the people asked is inconsolable when you’ve left because they’re actively trying with no luck.
It’s innocent, enthusiastic, curiosity but you’re not there to pick up the pieces when one of the people asked is inconsolable when you’ve left because they’re actively trying with no luck.
Many of you may know that we recently had our third child. You probably don't know that we struggled with secondary infertility and went through IVF.
Very grateful to @jewishchron.bsky.social for publishing my reflections on something we don't talk about enough.
www.thejc.com/community/in...
Very grateful to @jewishchron.bsky.social for publishing my reflections on something we don't talk about enough.
www.thejc.com/community/in...
‘Infertility is a lonely process. We’ve learnt so much about the questions that can hurt’ - The Jewish Chronicle
Adam Boxer and his wife have just welcomed new baby Orly, after suffering secondary infertility. He writes about the struggles to conceive in a culture which is so often centred around children and ba...
www.thejc.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Many of you may know that we recently had our third child. You probably don't know that we struggled with secondary infertility and went through IVF.
Very grateful to @jewishchron.bsky.social for publishing my reflections on something we don't talk about enough.
www.thejc.com/community/in...
Very grateful to @jewishchron.bsky.social for publishing my reflections on something we don't talk about enough.
www.thejc.com/community/in...
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Wie Hausaufgaben, Wiederholungsübungen und Verantwortlichkeit Hand in Hand gehen können: #BlueLZ
@adamboxereducation.bsky.social
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@adamboxereducation.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/carousel...
The Greatest Do Now Ever™️
This is the story of how one teacher set out to create the greatest Do Now Ever, and he changed my teaching for the better.
open.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Wie Hausaufgaben, Wiederholungsübungen und Verantwortlichkeit Hand in Hand gehen können: #BlueLZ
@adamboxereducation.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/carousel...
@adamboxereducation.bsky.social
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Is it a spoiler if I mention that The Greatest Do Now Ever is also a way to set cheat-proo, high-compliance homework @adamboxereducation.bsky.social?
The Greatest Do Now Ever™️
This is the story of how one teacher set out to create the greatest Do Now Ever, and he changed my teaching for the better.
Please share if you can 🙏
carouselteachlearnlead.substack.com/p/the-greate...
This is the story of how one teacher set out to create the greatest Do Now Ever, and he changed my teaching for the better.
Please share if you can 🙏
carouselteachlearnlead.substack.com/p/the-greate...
December 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Is it a spoiler if I mention that The Greatest Do Now Ever is also a way to set cheat-proo, high-compliance homework @adamboxereducation.bsky.social?
The Greatest Do Now Ever™️
This is the story of how one teacher set out to create the greatest Do Now Ever, and he changed my teaching for the better.
Please share if you can 🙏
carouselteachlearnlead.substack.com/p/the-greate...
This is the story of how one teacher set out to create the greatest Do Now Ever, and he changed my teaching for the better.
Please share if you can 🙏
carouselteachlearnlead.substack.com/p/the-greate...
December 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The Greatest Do Now Ever™️
This is the story of how one teacher set out to create the greatest Do Now Ever, and he changed my teaching for the better.
Please share if you can 🙏
carouselteachlearnlead.substack.com/p/the-greate...
This is the story of how one teacher set out to create the greatest Do Now Ever, and he changed my teaching for the better.
Please share if you can 🙏
carouselteachlearnlead.substack.com/p/the-greate...
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I feel like I say this every week but it was just another great and fascinating episode. @adamboxereducation.bsky.social and @amymayforrester.bsky.social - congratulations on a great term of podcasts!
(PS - can you get Liz English on this platform. Loads I would like to ask her!)
(PS - can you get Liz English on this platform. Loads I would like to ask her!)
What do you get if you cross a turnaround school with a startup school?
Yup - a whole load of problems.
But Liz English is actually doing it, and leading one of the most fascinating and successful schools in the country.
TUNE IN + SHARE
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Yup - a whole load of problems.
But Liz English is actually doing it, and leading one of the most fascinating and successful schools in the country.
TUNE IN + SHARE
open.spotify.com/episode/3Atp...
What do you get if you cross a startup with a turnaround? With guest Liz English
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December 21, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I feel like I say this every week but it was just another great and fascinating episode. @adamboxereducation.bsky.social and @amymayforrester.bsky.social - congratulations on a great term of podcasts!
(PS - can you get Liz English on this platform. Loads I would like to ask her!)
(PS - can you get Liz English on this platform. Loads I would like to ask her!)
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What do you get if you cross a turnaround school with a startup school?
Yup - a whole load of problems.
But Liz English is actually doing it, and leading one of the most fascinating and successful schools in the country.
TUNE IN + SHARE
open.spotify.com/episode/3Atp...
Yup - a whole load of problems.
But Liz English is actually doing it, and leading one of the most fascinating and successful schools in the country.
TUNE IN + SHARE
open.spotify.com/episode/3Atp...
What do you get if you cross a startup with a turnaround? With guest Liz English
open.spotify.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:06 AM
What do you get if you cross a turnaround school with a startup school?
Yup - a whole load of problems.
But Liz English is actually doing it, and leading one of the most fascinating and successful schools in the country.
TUNE IN + SHARE
open.spotify.com/episode/3Atp...
Yup - a whole load of problems.
But Liz English is actually doing it, and leading one of the most fascinating and successful schools in the country.
TUNE IN + SHARE
open.spotify.com/episode/3Atp...
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Absolutely brilliant episode to end the term! I looked at applying for Houstone when they were looking for starting staff, wasn't the right time to move though, now we've moved to Derby instead :)
What do you get if you cross a turnaround school with a startup school?
Yup - a whole load of problems.
But Liz English is actually doing it, and leading one of the most fascinating and successful schools in the country.
TUNE IN + SHARE
open.spotify.com/episode/3Atp...
Yup - a whole load of problems.
But Liz English is actually doing it, and leading one of the most fascinating and successful schools in the country.
TUNE IN + SHARE
open.spotify.com/episode/3Atp...
What do you get if you cross a startup with a turnaround? With guest Liz English
open.spotify.com
December 20, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Absolutely brilliant episode to end the term! I looked at applying for Houstone when they were looking for starting staff, wasn't the right time to move though, now we've moved to Derby instead :)
What do you get if you cross a turnaround school with a startup school?
Yup - a whole load of problems.
But Liz English is actually doing it, and leading one of the most fascinating and successful schools in the country.
TUNE IN + SHARE
open.spotify.com/episode/3Atp...
Yup - a whole load of problems.
But Liz English is actually doing it, and leading one of the most fascinating and successful schools in the country.
TUNE IN + SHARE
open.spotify.com/episode/3Atp...
What do you get if you cross a startup with a turnaround? With guest Liz English
open.spotify.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:06 AM
What do you get if you cross a turnaround school with a startup school?
Yup - a whole load of problems.
But Liz English is actually doing it, and leading one of the most fascinating and successful schools in the country.
TUNE IN + SHARE
open.spotify.com/episode/3Atp...
Yup - a whole load of problems.
But Liz English is actually doing it, and leading one of the most fascinating and successful schools in the country.
TUNE IN + SHARE
open.spotify.com/episode/3Atp...
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Lovely new review of ‘How to Teach Psychology’ on Goodreads
www.amazon.co.uk/How-Teach-Ps...
@paulclinepsy.bsky.social
@hlearningpd.bsky.social
Still time to treat that special #Psychology teacher (or even English teacher, based on this review) in your life before Xmas!
#UKEd
#Edusky
www.amazon.co.uk/How-Teach-Ps...
@paulclinepsy.bsky.social
@hlearningpd.bsky.social
Still time to treat that special #Psychology teacher (or even English teacher, based on this review) in your life before Xmas!
#UKEd
#Edusky
December 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Lovely new review of ‘How to Teach Psychology’ on Goodreads
www.amazon.co.uk/How-Teach-Ps...
@paulclinepsy.bsky.social
@hlearningpd.bsky.social
Still time to treat that special #Psychology teacher (or even English teacher, based on this review) in your life before Xmas!
#UKEd
#Edusky
www.amazon.co.uk/How-Teach-Ps...
@paulclinepsy.bsky.social
@hlearningpd.bsky.social
Still time to treat that special #Psychology teacher (or even English teacher, based on this review) in your life before Xmas!
#UKEd
#Edusky
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Particularly good episode with lots of great thinking on assessment and how it can be effective. Also, I learnt a new Japanese word - kyozaikenkyu - meaning knowledge of instructional materials. If this whetted your appetite for Japanese words in an educational context….
PROFESSOR @dylanwiliam.bsky.social IN THE HOUSE
It was a real honour for me and @amymayforrester.bsky.social to interview Dylan and to talk all things schools, formative assessment, data, effective altruism and teacher improvement.
Not to be missed, please share!
open.spotify.com/episode/3Wcj...
It was a real honour for me and @amymayforrester.bsky.social to interview Dylan and to talk all things schools, formative assessment, data, effective altruism and teacher improvement.
Not to be missed, please share!
open.spotify.com/episode/3Wcj...
What is formative assessment, and why should anybody care? With professor Dylan Wiliam
open.spotify.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Particularly good episode with lots of great thinking on assessment and how it can be effective. Also, I learnt a new Japanese word - kyozaikenkyu - meaning knowledge of instructional materials. If this whetted your appetite for Japanese words in an educational context….
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This is perfect and I love your agonising picture, it’s not good for one’s teaching ego! Teaching is brutal at times! Great article, thanks.
December 15, 2025 at 10:33 AM
This is perfect and I love your agonising picture, it’s not good for one’s teaching ego! Teaching is brutal at times! Great article, thanks.
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NEW POST
Schools rightly spend a lot of time thinking about classroom teaching and in-the-moment learning and lesson structure. But without a plan for long-term memory, we are probably wasting our time.
Please do share if you can 🙏🙏
carouselteachlearnlead.substack.com/p/the-long-t...
Schools rightly spend a lot of time thinking about classroom teaching and in-the-moment learning and lesson structure. But without a plan for long-term memory, we are probably wasting our time.
Please do share if you can 🙏🙏
carouselteachlearnlead.substack.com/p/the-long-t...
The Long-Term Memory Problem: Why Teaching and Learning Policies Fail
Schools are very good at writing policies about in-the-moment teaching. They are much worse at strategising for long-term memory and learning.
carouselteachlearnlead.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
NEW POST
Schools rightly spend a lot of time thinking about classroom teaching and in-the-moment learning and lesson structure. But without a plan for long-term memory, we are probably wasting our time.
Please do share if you can 🙏🙏
carouselteachlearnlead.substack.com/p/the-long-t...
Schools rightly spend a lot of time thinking about classroom teaching and in-the-moment learning and lesson structure. But without a plan for long-term memory, we are probably wasting our time.
Please do share if you can 🙏🙏
carouselteachlearnlead.substack.com/p/the-long-t...
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Another fantastic piece. Many thanks.
NEW POST
Schools rightly spend a lot of time thinking about classroom teaching and in-the-moment learning and lesson structure. But without a plan for long-term memory, we are probably wasting our time.
Please do share if you can 🙏🙏
carouselteachlearnlead.substack.com/p/the-long-t...
Schools rightly spend a lot of time thinking about classroom teaching and in-the-moment learning and lesson structure. But without a plan for long-term memory, we are probably wasting our time.
Please do share if you can 🙏🙏
carouselteachlearnlead.substack.com/p/the-long-t...
The Long-Term Memory Problem: Why Teaching and Learning Policies Fail
Schools are very good at writing policies about in-the-moment teaching. They are much worse at strategising for long-term memory and learning.
carouselteachlearnlead.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Another fantastic piece. Many thanks.
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This year we have built on using homework as retrieval by taking questions that the specific class struggled with in the homework and adapting them for the next do now. Hopefully this goes some way to addressing the issues raised here by @adamboxereducation.bsky.social
NEW POST
Schools rightly spend a lot of time thinking about classroom teaching and in-the-moment learning and lesson structure. But without a plan for long-term memory, we are probably wasting our time.
Please do share if you can 🙏🙏
carouselteachlearnlead.substack.com/p/the-long-t...
Schools rightly spend a lot of time thinking about classroom teaching and in-the-moment learning and lesson structure. But without a plan for long-term memory, we are probably wasting our time.
Please do share if you can 🙏🙏
carouselteachlearnlead.substack.com/p/the-long-t...
The Long-Term Memory Problem: Why Teaching and Learning Policies Fail
Schools are very good at writing policies about in-the-moment teaching. They are much worse at strategising for long-term memory and learning.
carouselteachlearnlead.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This year we have built on using homework as retrieval by taking questions that the specific class struggled with in the homework and adapting them for the next do now. Hopefully this goes some way to addressing the issues raised here by @adamboxereducation.bsky.social
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How wonderful to have an episode with @dylanwiliam.bsky.social on #TheyBehaveForMe podcast with
@amymayforrester.bsky.social and
@adamboxereducation.bsky.social who did the whole interview with a tiny baby in a carrier.
open.spotify.com/episode/3Wcj...
@amymayforrester.bsky.social and
@adamboxereducation.bsky.social who did the whole interview with a tiny baby in a carrier.
open.spotify.com/episode/3Wcj...
What is formative assessment, and why should anybody care? With professor Dylan Wiliam
open.spotify.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
NEW POST
Schools rightly spend a lot of time thinking about classroom teaching and in-the-moment learning and lesson structure. But without a plan for long-term memory, we are probably wasting our time.
Please do share if you can 🙏🙏
carouselteachlearnlead.substack.com/p/the-long-t...
Schools rightly spend a lot of time thinking about classroom teaching and in-the-moment learning and lesson structure. But without a plan for long-term memory, we are probably wasting our time.
Please do share if you can 🙏🙏
carouselteachlearnlead.substack.com/p/the-long-t...
The Long-Term Memory Problem: Why Teaching and Learning Policies Fail
Schools are very good at writing policies about in-the-moment teaching. They are much worse at strategising for long-term memory and learning.
carouselteachlearnlead.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
NEW POST
Schools rightly spend a lot of time thinking about classroom teaching and in-the-moment learning and lesson structure. But without a plan for long-term memory, we are probably wasting our time.
Please do share if you can 🙏🙏
carouselteachlearnlead.substack.com/p/the-long-t...
Schools rightly spend a lot of time thinking about classroom teaching and in-the-moment learning and lesson structure. But without a plan for long-term memory, we are probably wasting our time.
Please do share if you can 🙏🙏
carouselteachlearnlead.substack.com/p/the-long-t...