Ruth’s blogs
Ruth’s Blog: Stop with silence
Let’s say you’re convinced that hands up for answering questions is a bad thing (see last blog) and getting children
Ruth’s Blog: Let readers fly
Children’s intellectual progress depends very substantially on their ability to read. Exam results at the age of 16 and even
Ruth’s Blog: Hands up any teacher who wants to exclude four-fifths of the class?
Every time we ask a “hands up” question, we exclude the four-fifths of the class who don’t put up their
Ruth’s Blog: Please don’t pay children to read
It’s bad enough to pay pupils to turn up to school or to get good marks, but what I find