Lead Time

What should school demand of its students?

Academic pressure, extraordinary opportunities, and what happens when we try to have both.

Sep 5 • Mark Solomons

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August 2026

No to typing: friction is learning

When the inefficiency of handwriting is the point

Aug 11 • Mark Solomons

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July 2026

Should Wisdom Be the Goal of Schools?

If AI is making intelligence abundant, schools need more knowledge, not less!

Jul 14 • Mark Solomons

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May 2026

Learning (Still) Needs Knowledge

What’s changed since Kirschner, Sweller and Clark told us minimal guidance doesn’t work?

May 26 • Mark Solomons

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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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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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