The topic of a ‘knowledge rich' curriculum has been getting a fair bit of air time in the education twittersphere recently. This week we're starting with two posts on the subject. The first, by Tom Sherrington summarises the idea with examples from history, and science. Building on this, Debra Kidd put together an excellent piece on a ‘rich' curriculum, which deepens Tom's piece in a way I found very helpful. Check them both out in T1.

Michaela Community School in the UK is not without its detractors. It's renowned for its ‘no excuses' approach and silent corridors, amongst other things. That said, I found Adam Boxer's short reflections on his visit quite illuminating.His post speaks to some of the strengths that Adam identified during his short visit. I found this piece pretty inspiring.

T3 is a set of concrete and helpful advice on how to conduct observations, again, Tom Sherrington makes an appearance.

T4 is a helpful piece if you're a leader.

T5 is fascinating if you're interested in Comparative Judgments and the ‘No More Marking' software that many teachers are reporting they're finding helpful. This is a software that a colleague and I have been experimenting with recently (blog post to come…)

T6 is a link to a podcast, and a key takeaway from it.

And I'll let T7 to T11's titles speak for themselves.

Finally, T12 is less related to education, but I had to share it because it fundamentally changed the way I see the world. I'd placed a lot of faith in the findings from the Stanford Prison Experiment, and this twitter thread uncovers that the way that it was reported on wasn't entirely true to the experimental design. This has important implications for the way that we see humanity, and our susceptibility to conform to social norms that are oppressive or clearly damaging to others.

So, on that positive note, enjoy : )

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The importance of a knowledge rich curriculum, and the importance of a rich curriculum, via @teacherhead and @debrakidd

Adam Boxer's visit to the controversial Michaela Community School, via @adamboxer1

Excellent advice for anyone observing lessons or working as an instructional coach, via @teacherhead

The dangers of strong leaders, via @DavidDidau

Some questions on comparative judgment as a marking approach, via @cbokhove

Research Ed Rugby (the place, not the sport) takeaways from @jemmaths and @mrbartonmaths

In which countries are high-achieving students attracted to teaching? A graph from PISA data

Ben Gordon's FANTASTIC summary of maths teaching resources, vis @mathsmrgordon

Willingham thinks that Todd Rose's book, ‘The End of Average', is pretty average

Why girls from soviet countries do better in maths

Meta-analysis and its discontents, via @RobertSlavin

The Stanford Prison Experiment was a hoax (well, not quite, but…)

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