Lead Time

What Are We Measuring? Rethinking Mock Exams

You don't run a marathon to prepare for a marathon

May 9 • Mark Solomons

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April 2026

The Activity Trap

Schools have ignored evidence and confused visible engagement with learning for 6 decades

Apr 28 • Mark Solomons

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How to Revise

Evidence-informed, not left to chance

Apr 16 • Mark Solomons

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Attendance in international schools

what the data shows and how we’ve responded

Apr 4 • Mark Solomons

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March 2026

AI: the unequal amplifier

Knowledge, skills and the widening agency gap

Mar 22 • Mark Solomons

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Professional Inheritance

The assumptions we were trained into

Mar 12 • Mark Solomons

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3

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Nudge theory in Education

Designing defaults by intention not inertia

Mar 4 • Mark Solomons

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February 2026

Teaching ≠ Learning

Planning for permanence not performance

Feb 26 • Mark Solomons

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How Differentiation Faded

Why Challenge Belongs to Everyone

Feb 18 • Mark Solomons

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Continuity or Coherence? Designing Pastoral Leadership

Static or rotating Heads of Year? How should we design one of the most important roles in schools?

Feb 12 • Mark Solomons

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Teaching is the Relationship

Relationships are an outcome, not a starting point

Feb 4 • Mark Solomons

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January 2026

Flashcards, familiarity and why learning should feel like a struggle

A high-impact, low-cost approach to making learning stick

Jan 26 • Mark Solomons

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