November 23, 2016 @drdavidajames

I was the director of the Sunday Times Wellington College Festival of Education for six years. In that time it grew from something medium-sized to something very big indeed. There were many reasons for this: it became…

I have neglected Medium of late, but hope to use it more in the future, along with other blogging platforms (such as my blog on Wordpress). I have been writing on educational stuff, and you can find these blogs at the TES website here.

Text books and study guides have a bad press in British schools. Teachers — especially in my subject (English) — often claim that using them in class shows a certain lack of originality. In my experience, those who teach science, or languages, as well as History…

Education has never been more vibrant — but who are most…

It’s never too early to start preparing