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A decade ago, a consensus formed as to what effective professional development for teachers looked like. In 2018, Harry Fletcher-Wood and Sam Sims argued in Tes why they thought that consensus was mistaken. Now they’re back to tell you what you should be doing instead

Making teachers more effective is a tricky business. For too long, we didn’t know what sort of development would improve what teachers did in the classroom. But then the government published their research-backed CPD standards and the problem was solved – or, at least, that’s what some thought. Harry Fletcher-Wood and Sam Sims took a closer look at the studies involved and found some major flaws...