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Author: Michael Merrick

  • Why pupils benefit from assessment
    National Poetry Day 2017

    Today is National Poetry Day, with the theme being ‘freedom’ – to celebrate, we asked a few teachers to discuss a poem they teach on this theme and why. The…

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  • Why pupils benefit from assessment
    Forming the Curriculum

    Curriculum (re-)design is again in fashion, as inspectors and inspected alike recognise what should have always been obvious: that what we teach is equally as fundamental, likely more so, than…

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  • Parents and Teachers for Excellence
    Contesting the Canon

    Michael Merrick has written a brilliant blog for his website titled ‘Contesting the Canon’. If you look in the comments, you’ll notice that E D Hirsch, one of the greatest…

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