John Jackson
@jajackson.bsky.social
Teacher educator, maths specialist. Ambition Institute. Reader, swimmer, runner, happily back in the North. Views my own.
Blog at: https://showingmyworkingout.wordpress.com
Blog at: https://showingmyworkingout.wordpress.com
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This is, obviously, a triumph for UK education policy (national and local), integration and social cohesion.
It tells you everything you need to know about the likes of Robert Jenrick, Matt Goodwin, Neil O'Brien and David Goodhart that they regard this as a dangerous threat to our culture.
It tells you everything you need to know about the likes of Robert Jenrick, Matt Goodwin, Neil O'Brien and David Goodhart that they regard this as a dangerous threat to our culture.
June 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This is, obviously, a triumph for UK education policy (national and local), integration and social cohesion.
It tells you everything you need to know about the likes of Robert Jenrick, Matt Goodwin, Neil O'Brien and David Goodhart that they regard this as a dangerous threat to our culture.
It tells you everything you need to know about the likes of Robert Jenrick, Matt Goodwin, Neil O'Brien and David Goodhart that they regard this as a dangerous threat to our culture.
This, like the rest of the book, sums up what being in school is like and feels like - in a way nothing else I’ve read about education does. Such enjoyable writing.
Here’s something that didn’t make it into the final edit of Exam Nation…
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“Can we go on a tangent, sir?”
Research and writing on schools, children, disadvantage and English teaching
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June 18, 2025 at 6:55 AM
This, like the rest of the book, sums up what being in school is like and feels like - in a way nothing else I’ve read about education does. Such enjoyable writing.
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I’ve got two tickets for
@brighteyesband.bsky.social in Leeds tomorrow but can’t make it ☹️ tickets on resale (face value as that’s all see tickets allows) here, seller reference JJ www.seetickets.com/rd/event/bri...
@brighteyesband.bsky.social in Leeds tomorrow but can’t make it ☹️ tickets on resale (face value as that’s all see tickets allows) here, seller reference JJ www.seetickets.com/rd/event/bri...
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June 17, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I’ve got two tickets for
@brighteyesband.bsky.social in Leeds tomorrow but can’t make it ☹️ tickets on resale (face value as that’s all see tickets allows) here, seller reference JJ www.seetickets.com/rd/event/bri...
@brighteyesband.bsky.social in Leeds tomorrow but can’t make it ☹️ tickets on resale (face value as that’s all see tickets allows) here, seller reference JJ www.seetickets.com/rd/event/bri...
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Over the last couple of months I have been watching
- Expertly designed and led PD
- With out-of-field maths teachers 'growing' their identity as mathematician,
- Become even better at teaching students who need maths teachers the most.
So important that these programmes externally evaluated. (1/n)
- Expertly designed and led PD
- With out-of-field maths teachers 'growing' their identity as mathematician,
- Become even better at teaching students who need maths teachers the most.
So important that these programmes externally evaluated. (1/n)
June 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Over the last couple of months I have been watching
- Expertly designed and led PD
- With out-of-field maths teachers 'growing' their identity as mathematician,
- Become even better at teaching students who need maths teachers the most.
So important that these programmes externally evaluated. (1/n)
- Expertly designed and led PD
- With out-of-field maths teachers 'growing' their identity as mathematician,
- Become even better at teaching students who need maths teachers the most.
So important that these programmes externally evaluated. (1/n)
If you fancy some Sunday reading while you wait for the rain to pass, take a look at my most recent blog about the importance of subject knowledge in maths teaching and some ideas about how to develop it. showingmyworkingout.wordpress.com/2025/06/01/p...
Principles for maths teaching #4
This is the fourth in a short series of blogs attempting to summarise how I approach teaching maths through a few core principles. Principle 4: Make sure you know what you’re teaching Despite …
showingmyworkingout.wordpress.com
June 8, 2025 at 9:28 AM
If you fancy some Sunday reading while you wait for the rain to pass, take a look at my most recent blog about the importance of subject knowledge in maths teaching and some ideas about how to develop it. showingmyworkingout.wordpress.com/2025/06/01/p...
Don’t understand why @theguardian.com is reporting the increase in FSM eligibility (a pretty universally positive bit of news) as being about taxing dead pensioners, or why it’s only number 2 on my homepage behind some Trump awfulness.
June 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Don’t understand why @theguardian.com is reporting the increase in FSM eligibility (a pretty universally positive bit of news) as being about taxing dead pensioners, or why it’s only number 2 on my homepage behind some Trump awfulness.
I've finally got back to writing about how I think about maths teaching. This time: what I think it means to know the maths you are teaching, and why it's important.
showingmyworkingout.wordpress.com/2025/06/01/p...
I'd love any thoughts, especially if you disagree!
#uked #UKMathsChat
showingmyworkingout.wordpress.com/2025/06/01/p...
I'd love any thoughts, especially if you disagree!
#uked #UKMathsChat
Principles for maths teaching #4
This is the fourth in a short series of blogs attempting to summarise how I approach teaching maths through a few core principles. Principle 4: Make sure you know what you’re teaching Despite being…
showingmyworkingout.wordpress.com
June 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I've finally got back to writing about how I think about maths teaching. This time: what I think it means to know the maths you are teaching, and why it's important.
showingmyworkingout.wordpress.com/2025/06/01/p...
I'd love any thoughts, especially if you disagree!
#uked #UKMathsChat
showingmyworkingout.wordpress.com/2025/06/01/p...
I'd love any thoughts, especially if you disagree!
#uked #UKMathsChat
Great fun talking about a paper from one of the most important maths education researchers
May 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Great fun talking about a paper from one of the most important maths education researchers
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Talking about *mental models*? Make sure you know what you mean.
It’s a popular term often used loosely.
They aren’t just bits of knowledge. They’re situation-sensitive tools for thinking.
This post took 2yrs to write!
☕️Grab a coffee and have a read bit.ly/3EXhJWs
It’s a popular term often used loosely.
They aren’t just bits of knowledge. They’re situation-sensitive tools for thinking.
This post took 2yrs to write!
☕️Grab a coffee and have a read bit.ly/3EXhJWs
5 things to know about mental models
Why do some teachers instinctively know which student to redirect with a glance and which one needs a quiet word at the door?
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May 10, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Talking about *mental models*? Make sure you know what you mean.
It’s a popular term often used loosely.
They aren’t just bits of knowledge. They’re situation-sensitive tools for thinking.
This post took 2yrs to write!
☕️Grab a coffee and have a read bit.ly/3EXhJWs
It’s a popular term often used loosely.
They aren’t just bits of knowledge. They’re situation-sensitive tools for thinking.
This post took 2yrs to write!
☕️Grab a coffee and have a read bit.ly/3EXhJWs
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Results day in person is so important for signposting those students who haven’t got the results they expected to the right organisations so they don’t miss out on courses/opportunities.
Not convinced this is a good idea.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Not convinced this is a good idea.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
GCSE results day to change for thousands of students with new app
School leaders have welcomed the plans for digital exam grades, but said they would need "seamless" support.
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May 8, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Results day in person is so important for signposting those students who haven’t got the results they expected to the right organisations so they don’t miss out on courses/opportunities.
Not convinced this is a good idea.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Not convinced this is a good idea.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Stephen is one of the very few national journalists/commentators who cares about and actually understands education.
This nails the exclusions issue, uses the word correctly, and has a Simpsons joke. Thanks @stephenkb.bsky.social
This nails the exclusions issue, uses the word correctly, and has a Simpsons joke. Thanks @stephenkb.bsky.social
While we're on school policy problems - very good from @stephenkb.bsky.social today on exclusions - and the balance of social and individual costs on both sides - also, totally agree with him on widespread denialism about violence, threat and cost of the denialism www.ft.com/content/2881...
If only it were as simple as no more excluded children
It’s never just about the one pupil who is made to leave school
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April 22, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Stephen is one of the very few national journalists/commentators who cares about and actually understands education.
This nails the exclusions issue, uses the word correctly, and has a Simpsons joke. Thanks @stephenkb.bsky.social
This nails the exclusions issue, uses the word correctly, and has a Simpsons joke. Thanks @stephenkb.bsky.social
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The fact that left wing, right wing, straight, LGBTQ+, gender critical, teachers, non teachers, RSE specialists, non RSE specialists & many groups who generally do not agree, all agree that showing Adolescence in schools is a really bad idea should tell the government something!
April 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The fact that left wing, right wing, straight, LGBTQ+, gender critical, teachers, non teachers, RSE specialists, non RSE specialists & many groups who generally do not agree, all agree that showing Adolescence in schools is a really bad idea should tell the government something!
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Why can no goal sometimes be the best goal?
A blog I wrote for the EEF exploring how, counterintuitively, we can sometimes support pupil attention by being *less* directive:
researchschool.org.uk/news/why-som...
A blog I wrote for the EEF exploring how, counterintuitively, we can sometimes support pupil attention by being *less* directive:
researchschool.org.uk/news/why-som...
Why sometimes the best goal is no goal ...
Using cognitive load theory to support maths teaching
researchschool.org.uk
March 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Why can no goal sometimes be the best goal?
A blog I wrote for the EEF exploring how, counterintuitively, we can sometimes support pupil attention by being *less* directive:
researchschool.org.uk/news/why-som...
A blog I wrote for the EEF exploring how, counterintuitively, we can sometimes support pupil attention by being *less* directive:
researchschool.org.uk/news/why-som...
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'Teachers should not be having to choose between a decent pension & decent pay. It should be obvious that they are entitled to both, & it is crucial for the future of the education system that this is the case.' @pepediiasio.bsky.social cited in @tesmagazine.bsky.social: www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Call for teachers to be able to trade pension benefits for higher salary
Research shows ‘significant minority’ of teachers would prioritise salary increases over retirement benefits but union warns they shouldn’t have to choose
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March 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
'Teachers should not be having to choose between a decent pension & decent pay. It should be obvious that they are entitled to both, & it is crucial for the future of the education system that this is the case.' @pepediiasio.bsky.social cited in @tesmagazine.bsky.social: www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Why not start your week listening to Emma Lindley-Thompson and I talking to @kieran-m-ed.bsky.social about how concreteness fading can improve learning in maths?
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A pleasure to talk to Kieran about part of our 'Expert Edit' again. Download here: tinyurl.com/39cnspa5
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A pleasure to talk to Kieran about part of our 'Expert Edit' again. Download here: tinyurl.com/39cnspa5
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March 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Why not start your week listening to Emma Lindley-Thompson and I talking to @kieran-m-ed.bsky.social about how concreteness fading can improve learning in maths?
open.spotify.com/episode/0kaO...
A pleasure to talk to Kieran about part of our 'Expert Edit' again. Download here: tinyurl.com/39cnspa5
open.spotify.com/episode/0kaO...
A pleasure to talk to Kieran about part of our 'Expert Edit' again. Download here: tinyurl.com/39cnspa5
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The SW investigation might be the most important one they've ever run. It's an incredible piece of work and the results are truly shocking. Everyone should read it.
I’ve been digging into the quality of EHCPs, plans that parents are dragged through court sometimes to obtain, and that are bankrupting councils
What’s actually in them? Are they good quality? Personalised? Include interventions backed by evidence? Are they fully funded?
The answer often is no
What’s actually in them? Are they good quality? Personalised? Include interventions backed by evidence? Are they fully funded?
The answer often is no
Special investigation: Interventions lacking evidence, copy and paste plans, health and social care missing - Schools Week reveals how EHCPs are failing vulnerable children
March 7, 2025 at 7:32 AM
The SW investigation might be the most important one they've ever run. It's an incredible piece of work and the results are truly shocking. Everyone should read it.
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The Scottish have won the AI Wars.
March 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The Scottish have won the AI Wars.
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A 🧵 about helping children you care about to learn maths. And you don't even have to be a mathematician, or even "good" at #maths, to do it. You just have to model resilience and positivity towards what they're doing, and to avoid reinforcing negative tropes.
Here's how:
A 🧵 about helping children you care about to learn maths. And you don't even have to be a mathematician, or even "good" at #maths, to do it. You just have to model resilience and positivity towards what they're doing, and to avoid reinforcing negative tropes.
Here's how:
November 15, 2024 at 10:50 PM
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A 🧵 about helping children you care about to learn maths. And you don't even have to be a mathematician, or even "good" at #maths, to do it. You just have to model resilience and positivity towards what they're doing, and to avoid reinforcing negative tropes.
Here's how:
A 🧵 about helping children you care about to learn maths. And you don't even have to be a mathematician, or even "good" at #maths, to do it. You just have to model resilience and positivity towards what they're doing, and to avoid reinforcing negative tropes.
Here's how:
This report on AI and tech in maths teaching from @informededucation.com is well-worth a read. Refreshing to see such a wide-ranging, balanced view of the potential and challenges of tech in education, especially around e.g. school capacity.
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February 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM
This report on AI and tech in maths teaching from @informededucation.com is well-worth a read. Refreshing to see such a wide-ranging, balanced view of the potential and challenges of tech in education, especially around e.g. school capacity.
cdn.sanity.io/files/uiql8s...
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A selection of questions from Orlando Gough’s #AlevelMaths text book, published 1987.
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February 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
A selection of questions from Orlando Gough’s #AlevelMaths text book, published 1987.
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