Top Posts of 2022

These were the most popular blogposts of 2022 (excluding those with scores inflated by dubious searches). They were not all written in 2022.

1. A Tale of Three Schools
2. “Just Give Them A Pen”
3. What do children get permanently excluded for?
4. Does being expelled or suspended turn you into a criminal?
5. Seven Habits of Highly Defective Headteachers
6. Year Zero
7. Why the SEND system does not work
8. Are conduct cards a form of child abuse?
9. Definitions of Progressive and Traditionalist
10. Why I’m leaving the NEU
11. How should policy-makers approach improving the education system?
12. Does it matter that there are a lot of young criminals?
13. Did Glasgow cut youth crime by ending suspensions and expulsions? Part 1
14. Book Review: Measuring Up by Daniel Koretz
15. Why Do Some Ethnic Groups Have Higher Exclusion Rates? Part 2
16. Did Glasgow cut youth crime by ending suspensions and expulsions? Part 2
17. Book Review: ASBO Teacher by Samuel Elliott
18. Do permanent exclusions cost £370k per excluded pupil?
19. Good Year Heads
20. How misleading was The Economist’s video that discussed school exclusions?

Happy new year.