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Greg Ashman
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School leader who teaches a bit. PhD in Instructional Design. Writer. Podcasted for a bit. Honorary Fellow. Views entirely my own.
Ballarat.
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NEW CURIOS In the free section I discuss an editorial about maths education in Bloomberg

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Curios of the week #142
Everything you need to know about education right now
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November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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NEW POST Is explicit teaching new?

The argument comes full circle

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Is explicit teaching new?
The argument comes full circle
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November 19, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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NEW CURIOS Free preview discusses a planned education neuroscience research centre

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Curios of the week #141
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November 14, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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NEW FREE POST Five arguments against explicit teaching

#5 Explicit teaching is demotivating

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Five arguments against explicit teaching
#5 Explicit teaching is demotivating
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November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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NEW CURIOS In the free preview, I unpack the unscholarly folly of comparing English apples with Dutch oranges.

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Curios of the week #140
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November 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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NEW FREE POST The journalist, the federation and the policy of 'isolation'

Exclusive Investigation

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The journalist, the federation and the policy of 'isolation'
Exclusive Investigation
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November 3, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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NEW CURIOS Free preview includes some helpful words of advice from an academic to AERO

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Curios of the week #139
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October 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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NEW FREE POST Something changed

A day at the Australian School Improvement Summit

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Something changed
A day at the Australian School Improvement Summit
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October 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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NEW CURIOS Free preview section includes a brave intervention and some potential legal action

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Curios of the week #138
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October 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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NEW FREE POST Five arguments against explicit teaching

#4 Explicit teaching takes no account of student differences

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Five arguments against explicit teaching
#4 Explicit teaching takes no account of student differences
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October 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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NEW CURIOS Free section includes a Southern Surge and some cognitive overload

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Curios of the week #137
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October 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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NEW FREE POST Freddie deBoer’s act of intellectual fraud

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Freddie deBoer’s act of intellectual fraud
Having it both ways and more
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October 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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NEW FREE POST Part three of my series on arguments against explicit teaching

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Five arguments against explicit teaching
#3 Explicit teaching kills teacher creativity and autonomy
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October 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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ANNOUNCING Brendan Lee
October 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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NEW CURIOS Free section discusses an instructional hierarchy and a demon headteacher

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Curios of the week #136
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October 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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ANNOUNCING Bruno Reddy
October 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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ANNOUNCING Rebecca Birch
October 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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ANNOUNCING Natalie Wexler and Pamela Snow
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October 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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NEW CURIOS Free section discusses the work of Roland Fryer

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Curios of the week #135
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October 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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ANNOUNCING Natalie Wexler and Pamela Snow
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October 2, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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NEW FREE POST Five arguments against explicit teaching

#2 Creativity and other higher order skills

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Five arguments against explicit teaching
#2 Creativity and other higher order skills
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October 2, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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"I utterly reject this depressing idea of science education". I agree. It is also depressing to see the hubris inherent in this attitude.
September 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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NEW CURIOS Free section discusses the suggestion that the goal of science education should be to develop ‘informed agency’

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Curios of the week #134
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September 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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NEW FREE POST Five arguments against explicit teaching

#1 Rote memorisation versus deeper understanding

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Five arguments against explicit teaching
#1 Rote memorisation versus deeper understanding
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September 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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NEW CURIOS Free preview includes a discussion of Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the implications for free speech.

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September 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM