Effective Inclusion

Hey

Hope your sleep is going well. If not, I’ve got something that might help…

Big idea 🍉

Today’s snack is a video summary of the recent paper I co-authored with Jen and Josh on inclusive teaching.

We examine the serious challenges facing England's special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system: poor student outcomes, strained resources, and system inefficiencies affecting over 1 million young people. We outline five signs that the system is under strain, explore five potential drivers of this situation, and in response: propose five guiding principles designed to reframe our approach to classroom teaching.

These principles—which represent a shift from individualism to inclusion—offer a coherent, classroom-based suite of strategies to improve educational experiences and outcomes for all students, especially those with SEND.

🎓 For more, check out our Inclusive Teaching Discussion Paper

And if you’d like to hear more from Jen (and me), she’s doing a keynote on inclusion at the Steplab summer conference.

Little updates 🥕

• Study comparing setting approaches in maths → finds that students make slightly more progress when grouped by ability (without harming low attainers).

• Paper exploring early formative assessment habits → finds that mixing tasks and submitting on time tends to lead to better results.

• Study testing microphones for inattentive children → suggests that clearer teacher audio can support attention, literacy and wellbeing.

• Experiment comparing self-explanation vs re-reading → finds little advantage over re-reading (unless meaningful inferences are made).

Upgrade your evidence edge → Get Snacks PRO