Advocate for smart disadvantaged learners worldwide. Have worked with and learned from well over 4,000 schools. Written books on learning. Chair EdCom at LAE.
London, England
Joined January 2020
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My daughter Elya Warwick is fundraising for my son Alex and Brainstrust. Look at their @JustGiving page and please donate if you can. He is simply everything to our family. Thank you! #JustGiving justgiving.com/page/alex-war…
My son Alex last week talking to his old school, Archer Academy, about routes into Medicine. Given what he is currently dealing with, it took serious courage and commitment. Very proud Dad.
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Brilliant piece by @alex_crossman on why educators need a fourth 'robot law' to tame the AI 'dæmon' that promotes the safe and familiar, at the expense of the new and challenging, reinforcing our biases and preconceptions.
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An excellent article by Carl. I’m in complete agreement with every word of this…
Ultra-Processed Minds: The End of Deep Reading and What It Costs Us open.substack.com/pub/carlhe…
Another excellent post from David. And one I’m in complete agreement with. It’s particularly good on rigorous hinge questioning to expose ignorance. ‘It's always better to know’ learningspy.co.uk/featured/i… via @DavidDidau
"The idea that intelligence is an emergent phenomenon arising out of social interaction is a profound one. Thinking is social even when there’s nobody around, because good thinkers have internalised the voices of others..." I simply could not agree more with @mrianleslie.
Against lists of books open.substack.com/pub/samkri…
A brilliant piece of writing by Sam Kriss. Funny and insightful and cynical!
I think this is superb. An excellent examination of 'Illusory Learning and Knowledge' that is now crippling education. To support learning we need to expose our students to their own ignorance, regularly. Post-apocalyptic education, by @emollick open.substack.com/pub/oneuse…
Flying in to the Kaieteur Falls in Guyana...which is the highest single drop waterfall in the world. Four times that of Niagara. Loud and wild and untouched. A lot like the rest of Guyana too.
Didau writing at his best...'Knowing how hard it is to stay objective we should take those most invested in the success of a project out of the evaluation process. By tying ourselves to the mast we increase the chance we will resist the siren song of the sunk cost fallacy.'
On our family heritage exploration of Guyana and we have seen all three of these in the first three hours in the rainforest. Astounding natural beauty here. @teacherhead
Despite being invited to the most prestigious events for D-Day, despite seeing other world leaders behaving with respect and dignity, Sunak still decided to leave them on the beaches, for a short term political gain. Lest we forget on the 4th July 2024. Despicable behaviour.
This is what @teacherhead 'LAE represents what excellence looks like by any standard' and @drdavidajames 'a fascinating informed book based on so many ideas learned over ten years of excellence and ambition' said about the book on @LAEstratford by @GiftedLondon @alex_crossman
As Chair of their EdCom, I’m proud to share the news that @LAEstratford remains an Outstanding school. Which is a testament to our Partner Schools, and to the exceptional community of scholars, governors, teachers and students alike. Read the book to see how it works in detail!
We must have a national conversation about learners' wellbeing without being diverted into the cul-de-sac about at-risk academic standards. Colleagues @LAEstratford and other high-performing schools have long seen that achievement is a function of wellbeing, not its antithesis.
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I am so proud to walk around Caterham School on a damp Saturday and see so much activity facilitated by amazing colleagues - Prep colleagues hosting toddlers in the woods, senior colleagues hosting loads of primary school pupils, art full of pupils just being super creative. Wow.
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To celebrate the release of LEARNING WALKTHRUS, we are running a comp: just retweet & like this post to be in with a chance of winning a set of all four @WALKTHRUs_5 books. Draw made Friday, 10am. Good luck. amazon.co.uk/Learning-WalkTh… @teacherhead @olicav @MattTeachCoach
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Strongly recommend checking this out. @LAEstratford definitely represents what excellence looks like by any standard and it is certainly important that provision of that quality is available in the state sector. The book tells the story. – at Hackney, London
Greater Expectations: Enabling Achievement for Disadvantaged Students by Ian Warwick and Alex Crossman is great! Captures the story of @LAEstratford. Tons of transferrable ideas for anyone e.g 10 strategies for challenge and their diploma is excellent amzn.eu/d/8Q4a1Xk
