Top Posts of 2021

Apologies for my general lack of blogging, particularly in the last few months, I’ll try to get back in the habit this year, although I said the same thing a year ago.

The following posts got the most views in 2021. Many of them weren’t actually written in 2021, so do check the date before reading as some are out of date. I have labelled the posts from this year.

1. 1. Definitions of Progressive and Traditionalist
   2. Corporal Punishment
   3. How To Find Out If Your Teacher Is Gay
   4. How misleading was today’s Guardian article on exclusions? From 2021
   5. Another myth about exclusions From 2021
   6. When “Antiracists” don’t care about racism and how it affects the debate about exclusions From 2021
   7. Seven Habits of Highly Defective Headteachers
   8. How to Destroy NQTs
   9. Good Year Heads
   10. Academic and non-academic subjects
   11. A belated note on 14 years of blogging From 2021
   12. The tragedy of grades based on predictions
   13. A Brief History of Education Part 2: The 1944 Education Act
   14. Why I’m leaving the NEU
   15. Book Review: The researchED Guide to Explicit and Direct Instruction. Edited by Adam Boxer From 2021
   16. Finding or advertising a teaching job on Twitter with #teachingvacancyuk
   17. Guest Post: Sexual assault, or why my school will never really be “good”. From 2021
   18. The Worst Behaviour In School Corridors
   19. The latest Guardian article on exclusions From 2021
   20. Book Review: Running The Room by Tom Bennett From 2021

Happy New Year.