Recent Articles

These are articles on literacy, school leadership, and behaviour that have appeared in a range of publications. They include my monthly column for the Times Educational Supplement.

2011

  • TES article: More shoved than nudged (Times Educational Supplement) (January 2011)
  • TES article: Perhaps we should scream (Times Educational Supplement) (March 2011)
  • TES article: Writing's on the wall if children don't read (Times Educational Supplement) (April 2011)
  • TES article: Reforms give me that Domesday feeling (Times Educational Supplement) (June 2011)
  • TES review: David Brooks The Social Animal (Times Educational Supplement) (July 2011)
  • TES article: What goes on behind Ofsted's back is brilliant (Times Educational Supplement) (July 2011)
  • TES article: There's not much wrong with our moral compass (Times Educational Supplement) (August 2011)
  • NET article 'The Whitehall Signal Box' (National Education Trust) (September 2011)
  • TES English article 'Why talk matters' (Times Educational Supplement) (September 2011)

    2010

  • TES article on "Cutting the frontline" (February 2010)
  • TES article: "Whatever your subject, you're a teacher of English" (Times Educational Supplement) (March 2010)
  • TeachIt article on "film" (April 2010)
  • Quoted in an Independent article by Richard Garner on election pledges (April 2010)
  • TES article: The myth of parental choice (Times Educational Supplement) (April 2010)
  • Teachit article: Literary Heritage (May 2010)
  • TES book review: Doug Lemov: Teach Like a Champion(Times Educational Supplement) (May 2010)
  • TES article: When the government gets put into special measures (Times Educational Supplement) (May 2010)
  • SecEd article on whole-school literacy (June 2010)
  • TES article: Mr Gove, think twice before you trifle with Ofsted (Times Educational Supplement) (June 2010)
  • TES article: A Monopoly game in which poor people lose (Times Educational Supplement) (August 2010)
  • TES article: Withitness outdoes genius (Times Educational Supplement) (October 2010)
  • TES article: Check the small print (Times Educational Supplement) (December 2010)

    Archive

    2009

    January 2009:
    The Safeguarding Monster
    February 2009:
    Cover is part of the job
    March 2009:
    Teaching is Sexy
    April 2009:
    Behaviour
    June 2009:
    Politicians' Expenses
    August 2009:
    Rarely cover
    September 2009:
    Exam results pantomime
    October 2009:
    How important is Maths?
    November 2009:
    The Safeguarding Monster

    2008

    Caning TES Oct08
    (63Kb)
    Cyberbullying Feb08
    (61Kb)
    Diplomas March08
    (57Kb)
    Exam season May08
    (57Kb)
    League tables January08
    (53Kb)
    Less is More June08
    (57Kb)
    National Challenge July08
    (59Kb)
    National Curriculum April08
    (57Kb)
    School sport Aug08
    (69Kb)

    2007

    ASK
    (44Kb)
    Behaviour April07
    (38Kb)
    Citizenship
    (58Kb)
    Gordon Brown
    (51Kb)
    Headteachers
    (53Kb)
    Leaving age
    (40Kb)
    Making School Work
    (38Kb)
    RevisionWorld
    (24Kb)
    Talk
    (41Kb)

    2006

    Behaviour&boys
    (59Kb)
    Better writing
    (45Kb)
    Big Brother
    (54Kb)
    Choosing a school
    (43Kb)
    Climbing Towards Excellence May06
    (45Kb)
    Conferences
    (54Kb)
    Control freaks
    (47Kb)
    Grammar
    (64Kb)
    Last Word
    (56Kb)
    Lists
    (62Kb)
    Newspaper
    (44Kb)
    PSHE
    (58Kb)
    Short termism
    (52Kb)
    Supply 3 6
    (49Kb)
    Teachers-for-Life June06
    (54Kb)
    Brighouse06
    (38Kb)

    2005

    3 brain booksSept2005
    (42Kb)
    500 Tips May2005
    (23Kb)
    Bathroom Sept2005
    (40Kb)
    Behaviour April2005
    (31Kb)
    Behaviour books
    (30Kb)
    Carry on Teachers
    (31Kb)
    Coaching Solutions
    (24Kb)
    Dept leadership April2005
    (23Kb)
    Dictionary Review2005
    (41Kb)
    Effective teaching May2005
    (23Kb)
    Joy of teaching June2005
    (46Kb)
    MST1
    (40Kb)
    MST2
    (43Kb)
    MST3
    (34Kb)
    MST4
    (40Kb)
    MST5
    (54Kb)
    MST6
    (52Kb)
    MST7
    (55Kb)
    MST8
    (54Kb)
    Parent Power
    (49Kb)
    Ranting Teacher May05
    (27Kb)
    Running schools
    (30Kb)
    Starting to teach May2005
    (24Kb)
    Survival
    (28Kb)
    Teacher on the run2005
    (26Kb)
    Teachit 4
    (24Kb)
    Teachit
    (51Kb)
    Teachit1
    (51Kb)
    Teachit2
    (50Kb)
    Teachit3
    (27Kb)
    Teachit6
    (26Kb)
    Two American books
    (29Kb)
    Vocational debate
    (25Kb)
    Young Teacher
    (35Kb)
    Dictionaries2005
    (47Kb)
    Self-help June2005
    (29Kb)

    2004

    3 motivation books
    (25Kb)
    Behaviour survival guide
    (28Kb)
    Cite them right
    (46Kb)
    Continuum 2
    (23Kb)
    Continuum reviews
    (26Kb)
    Cowley AtoZ
    (26Kb)
    Creative teaching
    (24Kb)
    Dealing with bullying
    (33Kb)
    Don't Stagn8 Innov8
    (49Kb)
    Don't Stagn8
    (24Kb)
    Edward P Fiszer
    (22Kb)
    Engaging Schools
    (28Kb)
    English Evaluation
    (29Kb)
    First year in teaching
    (22Kb)
    Improve your school
    (22Kb)
    Jamie Joel
    (20Kb)
    Literacy Impact
    (27Kb)
    Psychology teacher
    (28Kb)
    Resource management
    (21Kb)
    Ron Clark Essential 55
    (25Kb)
    Secondary English
    (32Kb)
    Subject Leadership
    (27Kb)
    Uniform
    (29Kb)
    Whose learning
    (24Kb)
    Bullying
    (28Kb)

    2003

    3 Behaviour books
    (25Kb)
    Essential motivation
    (27Kb)
    First Appointments
    (29Kb)
    Internet English
    (24Kb)
    Learning 2 Lead
    (23Kb)
    Life-Enriching education
    (23Kb)
    Motivated school
    (27Kb)
    Pornography
    (114Kb)
    Sue Cowley Clinic
    (24Kb)
    US books
    (24Kb)
    Misc quickies
    (27Kb)
    Supply teaching
    (24Kb)

    2002

    English & ICT 1
    (131Kb)
    Grind or Glamour
    (59Kb)

    2001

    Anger Management
    (4Kb)
    Behaviour Management
    (50Kb)
    Everyman Millennium Library
    (81Kb)
    Framework hints 1
    (73Kb)
    Guardian literacy 1
    (105Kb)
    It's About Time
    (67Kb)
    Literacy
    (98Kb)
    Restructuring around Learning
    (158Kb)
    Teaching Writing 1
    (87Kb)
    The Alternative GCSE Guides
    (67Kb)
    Writing textbooks
    (94Kb)
    EBook review
    (46Kb)

    2000

    B Marshall - English Teachers
    (73Kb)
    Citizenship Review 1
    (71Kb)
    Education Show 2000
    (14Kb)
    Grammar Planning
    (64Kb)
    Media
    (89Kb)
    Teacher talk
    (66Kb)
    The books that changed me
    (24Kb)

    Barton Archive

    About Time
    (67Kb)
    Alternative GCSE Guides
    (67Kb)
    Anger Management
    (64Kb)
    Animal Farm1995
    (26Kb)
    BEHAVIOUR MANAGEMENT GURUS
    (50Kb)
    B Marshall English Teachers
    (73Kb)
    Behaviour management review2
    (25Kb)
    Bestsellers1996
    (14Kb)
    Bonnie Harris
    (27Kb)
    Boys behaviour
    (26Kb)
    Bullying books
    (24Kb)
    CPD books
    (27Kb)
    Citizenship Review
    (71Kb)
    DJs
    (43Kb)
    David Edwards1997
    (13Kb)
    Dead donkey1996
    (36Kb)
    Dept management
    (23Kb)
    Diana TES
    (77Kb)
    Dictionaries
    (51Kb)
    Discipline Books
    (71Kb)
    Drama review
    (26Kb)
    English Review
    (26Kb)
    English for Tomorrow1997
    (5Kb)
    English teachers1996
    (28Kb)
    Everyman Millennium Library
    (81Kb)
    Grammar1998
    (100Kb)
    Grammar TES1997
    (15Kb)
    Imagine that1998
    (13Kb)
    Issues in English
    (25Kb)
    KS3 revision
    (32Kb)
    Language1996
    (13Kb)
    Learning to teach1998
    (14Kb)
    Revision books
    (71Kb)
    School improvement
    (24Kb)
    St Delia
    (47Kb)
    Writing textbooks
    (94Kb)
    Citizenship
    (43Kb)
    Discipline review
    (27Kb)
    EBook review
    (46Kb)
    Misc learning books
    (26Kb)
    Quick reviews
    (23Kb)
    Radio star turns1995
    (27Kb)
    Tips for teachers
    (21Kb)