Essays
Field research and long-form943 coded STEM lessons: what an expert tutor does, and where AI tutors diverge.
The debate over cheap software, what it misses about public institutions, and what this research adds.
Personal background to the series: curiosity, falling barriers to building, and what education systems were built for.
Sovereignty, systems & skills for the twenty first century: an enquiry into teaching, learning, governance and edtech in an evolving digital order.
Field notes from interviewing heads of trusts responsible for ~50,000 students.
Selective evidence, AI washing, and the educator-in-the-loop.
Read findings from other leaders.
The tenancy test, and what to ask a supplier before renewal.
Evaluations
Scored in your browserPlay a year of contract renewals as a trust executive and see where the decision rights end up.
Write an edtech specification clause by clause and see what you could still leave with when the contract ends.
Five tests, nine kinds of evidence, and the score each one can reach. Our own findings graded on the same rubric.
Governance, sovereignty, evidence and board oversight.
Peer Review
Practitioner contributionsFor educators, school leaders, policy-makers and edtech operators.