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Teaching & Learning

Why Blaming Screens for Cognitive Decline Misses the Point

A Senate clip blaming screens for cognitive decline went round LinkedIn as if the case were closed. It is not. The real shapers of attention sit largely outside schools, and…

José Picardo21 January, 2026

Professional Development

Five Things Every School Can Do to Improve: Reflections from the Frontline

Most school improvement advice is either too abstract to act on or too generic to be useful. After twenty-five years in education, five things matter more than the rest. Each…

José Picardo2 September, 2025

Teaching & Learning

How Learning Really Happens: Unlocking the Power of Cognitive Science in the Classroom

Cognitive science has steadily become one of the most useful bodies of work for teachers in a generation. Six insights from Dr Carl Hendrick webinar, distilled. Each of them ought…

José Picardo14 May, 2025

Teaching & Learning

Planning with Purpose: A Reflective Resource for High-Impact Classroom Practice

Most lesson planning happens under time pressure and tells you very little about the lesson it produced. A one-page reflective checklist, free to download, to bring purpose back into the…

José Picardo17 April, 2025

Teaching & Learning

Teaching is for learning, not for show

Visible, dynamic teaching is easy to admire and easy to mistake for effective. The two are not the same. The classroom worth defending is the one where learning is happening,…

José Picardo23 March, 2025

Professional Development

What do I look for in a learning walk?

Learning walks are often defended as developmental and used as judgemental. The difference is in what the observer is looking for. A short, honest list of what genuinely tells you…

José Picardo15 March, 2025