Same old same old Substack: daviddidau.substack.com/https://bsky.app/profile/didau.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/didau.bsky.social/post/3mlx4ez6vz22vRetrieval practice goes wrong when it becomes a ritual for teachers to perform. The aim is making knowledge available when it’s needed: recalled successfully, used purposefully, corrected visibly, and strengthened for elsewhere and later. https://open.substack.com/pub/daviddidau/p/five-principles-for-effective-retrieval?r=18455&utm_medium=ios16 May 2026 05:27 +0000at://did:plc:52begagyvdqlw2dk3w25yswy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlx4ez6vz22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/didau.bsky.social/post/3mlx4ez6vz22vRetrieval practice goes wrong when it becomes a ritual for teachers to perform. The aim is making knowledge available when it’s needed: recalled successfully, used purposefully, corrected visibly, and strengthened for elsewhere and later. https://open.substack.com/pub/daviddidau/p/five-principles-for-effective-retrieval?r=18455&utm_medium=ios16 May 2026 05:27 +0000at://did:plc:52begagyvdqlw2dk3w25yswy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlx4ez6vz22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/didau.bsky.social/post/3mlupmsztec2eChapter 64 of The Second Summer of Love https://open.substack.com/pub/secondsummeroflove/p/dont-fight-it-feel-it?r=18455&utm_medium=ios15 May 2026 06:33 +0000at://did:plc:52begagyvdqlw2dk3w25yswy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlupmsztec2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/didau.bsky.social/post/3mls5jznpis2cGood data can still lead to bad decisions. A behaviour log doesn’t show behaviour itself. It shows what’s noticed, challenged, escalated and recorded. My latest: The Problem with Patterns. https://open.substack.com/pub/daviddidau/p/the-problem-with-patterns-how-good?r=18455&utm_medium=ios14 May 2026 06:04 +0000at://did:plc:52begagyvdqlw2dk3w25yswy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mls5jznpis2chttps://bsky.app/profile/didau.bsky.social/post/3mld6n3wwo22lChapter 62 of The Second Summer of Love https://open.substack.com/pub/secondsummeroflove/p/dear-pharmacist-wont-you-please-give?r=18455&utm_medium=ios08 May 2026 07:14 +0000at://did:plc:52begagyvdqlw2dk3w25yswy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mld6n3wwo22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/didau.bsky.social/post/3mlcxtcveys2nSchools are right to ban phones. But maybe a phone-free school should begin with culture, not expensive tech solutions. https://open.substack.com/pub/daviddidau/p/phone-bans-may-be-be-right?r=18455&utm_medium=ios08 May 2026 05:12 +0000at://did:plc:52begagyvdqlw2dk3w25yswy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlcxtcveys2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/didau.bsky.social/post/3ml66zq55zc2nChapter 61 of The Second Summer of Love https://open.substack.com/pub/secondsummeroflove/p/there-was-a-time-that-rock-n-roll?r=18455&utm_medium=ios06 May 2026 07:38 +0000at://did:plc:52begagyvdqlw2dk3w25yswy/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml66zq55zc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/didau.bsky.social/post/3mkzb6sjcl22pDo MWBs have limitations? https://open.substack.com/pub/daviddidau/p/do-mini-whiteboards-have-limitations?r=18455&utm_medium=ios04 May 2026 08:33 +0000at://did:plc:52begagyvdqlw2dk3w25yswy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzb6sjcl22phttps://bsky.app/profile/didau.bsky.social/post/3mktuyybbm22zSchools need simplifications: labels, data, policies, maps. But the danger is that these tools start thinking for us. https://open.substack.com/pub/daviddidau/p/seeing-like-a-school?r=18455&utm_medium=ios02 May 2026 05:12 +0000at://did:plc:52begagyvdqlw2dk3w25yswy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mktuyybbm22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/didau.bsky.social/post/3mktuyybbm22zSchools need simplifications: labels, data, policies, maps. But the danger is that these tools start thinking for us. https://open.substack.com/pub/daviddidau/p/seeing-like-a-school?r=18455&utm_medium=ios02 May 2026 05:12 +0000at://did:plc:52begagyvdqlw2dk3w25yswy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mktuyybbm22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/didau.bsky.social/post/3mkmh5yinv22yWriting transition isn’t a baton pass where primary hands over and secondary drops it. It’s a compatibility problem. Primary writing rewards expression, description and voice. Secondary writing demands clarity, explanation and disciplinary argument. https://open.substack.com/pub/daviddidau/p/what-primary-and-secondary-leaders?r=18455&utm_medium=ios29 Apr 2026 06:15 +0000at://did:plc:52begagyvdqlw2dk3w25yswy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkmh5yinv22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/didau.bsky.social/post/3mkmh5yinv22yWriting transition isn’t a baton pass where primary hands over and secondary drops it. It’s a compatibility problem. Primary writing rewards expression, description and voice. Secondary writing demands clarity, explanation and disciplinary argument. https://open.substack.com/pub/daviddidau/p/what-primary-and-secondary-leaders?r=18455&utm_medium=ios29 Apr 2026 06:15 +0000at://did:plc:52begagyvdqlw2dk3w25yswy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkmh5yinv22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/didau.bsky.social/post/3mkhfuzmsoc2gChapter 59 of The Second Summer of Love https://open.substack.com/pub/secondsummeroflove/p/brothers-are-stealin-and-dealin-and?r=18455&utm_medium=ios27 Apr 2026 06:09 +0000at://did:plc:52begagyvdqlw2dk3w25yswy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhfuzmsoc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/didau.bsky.social/post/3mkcfful2a226Questioning is so woven into teaching that it’s easy to stop noticing it. Weak questioning gives us the illusion of learning whereas effective questioning makes thinking visible, expands students’ horizons & provides feedback to teachers on how to Improve further. https://open.substack.com/pub/daviddidau/p/five-principles-for-effective-questioning?r=18455&utm_medium=ios25 Apr 2026 06:17 +0000at://did:plc:52begagyvdqlw2dk3w25yswy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkcfful2a226https://bsky.app/profile/didau.bsky.social/post/3mk2r6iifb22aI set out to run a marathon with a ludicrously ambitious goal, got injured, ignored advice, turned up anyway & somehow dragged myself round in 3:38:44. Marathons, like writing books, are about, stubbornness, & the willingness to keep going when plans fall apart. https://open.substack.com/pub/daviddidau/p/onwards-and-upwards-my-marathon-journey?r=18455&utm_medium=ios22 Apr 2026 05:27 +0000at://did:plc:52begagyvdqlw2dk3w25yswy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk2r6iifb22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/didau.bsky.social/post/3mjvrpugkb22lThe curriculum is not a mirror. It’s a selection. If we replaced An Inspector Calls, the case for doing so shouldn’t be representational optics but literary & curricular merit. Still, it’s striking how many plausible alternatives exist. What stops us is expedience. https://open.substack.com/pub/daviddidau/p/demand-diversity-and-the-canon?r=18455&utm_medium=ios20 Apr 2026 05:53 +0000at://did:plc:52begagyvdqlw2dk3w25yswy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjvrpugkb22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/didau.bsky.social/post/3mjubzluzkk2kFinished Newport marathon in 3 hours 38 mins and 44 seconds. Legs an absolute mess.19 Apr 2026 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:52begagyvdqlw2dk3w25yswy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjubzluzkk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/didau.bsky.social/post/3mjrveppj6k2jRead this thread twice. I have no idea what @stulock.bsky.social’s retail experience is here. I just can’t get my head around what’s going on. Would Cathie be able to explain it to me? (I suspect not) [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Apr 2026 16:48 +0000at://did:plc:52begagyvdqlw2dk3w25yswy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjrveppj6k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/didau.bsky.social/post/3mjqvw4o4rs2aScaffolding is not a synonym for support. It should be temporary, responsive, and designed to disappear. https://open.substack.com/pub/daviddidau/p/five-principles-of-effective-scaffolding?r=18455&utm_medium=ios18 Apr 2026 07:25 +0000at://did:plc:52begagyvdqlw2dk3w25yswy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjqvw4o4rs2a