Director of Research and Development at Evidence Based Education @EvidenceInEdu; Senior Associate @EducEndowFoundn; Previously Professor of Education at Durham
Durham, England
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Robert Coe retweeted
Two things. First it looks like the study shows that poorly implemented Instructional Coaching Group. It looks like they lost the focus not the Coaching itself doesnāt work. When teams have a shared goal they all really care about great things happen but little good happens if the team doesnāt care about the goal.
Feels a bit weird to have all my predictions about instructional coaching at scale confirmed by a strong study (it didnāt work)
Cautionary tale!
Instructional coaching is usually seen as a safe bet for school improvement. But a recent EEPA study of a $20M/year coaching rollout across 130 schools paints a very different picture. Despite spending about $5,800 per teacher on the program, the district saw:
Zero improvement in teacher retention.
Flat ELA scores.
Math scores that actually leaned negative.
It turns out that the logistics of scaling killed the impact.
First, the district simply ran out of top-tier talent. To fill all the open roles, they had to start drafting average teachers as coaches.
Second, pulling their best teachers out of classrooms for half the day hurt students more than the peer coaching helped.
Finally, 80% of coaches were eventually tasked with summative evaluations, destroying the trust and vulnerability required for actual instructional growth.
Itās a great reminder that structural changes don't automatically improve the instructional core.
more on it here: ammaramerhbi.substack.com/p/ā¦
Robert Coe retweeted
What does great teaching look like in practice?
This is what our Great Teaching Toolkit member schools have been doing this month:
ā¢ 730 self-reflections shaping practice
ā¢ 663 development cycles driving improvement
ā¢ 2,227 evidence-informed techniques adopted
ā¢ 4,089 resources accessed
ā¢ 1,189 courses started
ā¢ 11 feedback videos uploaded by educators
Find out more about the Toolkit and what it can do for you here
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Robert Coe retweeted
In Chalk & Change 9 - I talk to @JohnPeterJerrim again, discussing PISA 2025 results.
What do they really tell us about improvement in English schools?
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Robert Coe retweeted
According to the EEF:
"Strong universal provision reduces the number of pupils who require additional support"
But what does that look like in reality? Recent blog and video šš
Please share if you can. It can make a difference.
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Robert Coe retweeted
Que faudrait-il pour repenser en profondeur la #formationcontinue des #enseignants ? @ProfKime et @ProfCoe plaident en faveur d'une rĆ©volution dans la maniĆØre dont les Ć©tablissements scolaires abordent le dĆ©veloppement pro des enseignants.
@S_Oberle
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Robert Coe retweeted
Are you ready for the Great Teaching Toolkit? šŖ
Although the Great Teaching Toolkit is available to all, not every school is ready for it ā and thatās ok. Every school is on its own journey.
But how do you know if your schoolās culture, philosophy, and priorities make the Toolkit a good fit for you now?
Find out here š
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Robert Coe retweeted
Same ambition, better access.
Our new Inclusion course, available within the Great Teaching Toolkit, explores how teachers can maintain ambitious goals for every learner while noticing, reducing and removing barriers to learning and participation.
Itās part of our wider approach to inclusive teaching, grounded in a simple belief:
Great teaching is inclusive teaching.
Explore the course, feedback tools and practical support for inclusive teaching š
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Thanks to everyone who donated- we raised over Ā£1700, which is amazing!
Still time to give if you wanted to ā¦
Iām running the Great North Run for #TeamMind with my daughter. Any encouragement for us, and support for a great charity, would be very much appreciated š
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Slides from my #rED26 talk are here profcoe.net/talks
Robert Coe retweeted
Tomorrow, weāll be at the @researchED1 National Conference!
As one of the main sponsor we are looking forward to the event and we are also releasing our new paper tomorrow!
Professor Rob Coe will present We Need a Revolution in Professional Learning, the session named after our new paper of the same name.
Rob will explore what that looks like in practice including why professional learning needs to be protected, deliberately designed and evaluated for impact.
If you are there, we'll be giving away free copies from our stand.
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Robert Coe retweeted
Make teaching the job you want it to be. Be yourself, express yourself and have fun with it! teacherhead.com/2026/08/31/mā¦ via @teacherhead
Robert Coe retweeted
We Need a Revolution in Professional Learning.
Over the past nine months, Professors @ProfCoe and @ProfKime have been working on a new paper.
The paper argues that while our understanding of teaching, learning, curriculum and the science of learning has moved forward, professional learning has not always kept pace.
The opportunity is to create a new normal: professional learning that is protected, purposeful and designed to build expertise over time.
In this short preview, Rob and Stuart explore why that matters, what the revolution could look like, and how schools, colleges and educators can get involved.
The paper will be published on 5 September 2026. Stay tuned!
Robert Coe retweeted
This post chimes with my experiences with schools across England Iāve worked with over the past few years. Good challenge & constructive ways forward here from @teacherhead
Teams first, coaching second.Ā Individual coaching has a scale problem ā unless we build around strong teams. teacherhead.com/2026/04/20/tā¦ via @teacherhead
Robert Coe retweeted
High-quality teaching is for everyone. But what does it look like in the context of SEND?
We've published a SEND guide for teachers looking to use the Great Teaching Toolkit (GTT) to improve inclusive practice and provision.
The guide provides questions teachers can use to shape collaborative conversations about teaching of learners with SEND, and signposts resources within the GTT to explore this area further.
Download here hubs.la/Q04qfYhp0
Iām running the Great North Run for #TeamMind with my daughter. Any encouragement for us, and support for a great charity, would be very much appreciated š
justgiving.com/page/rob-coe?ā¦
Robert Coe retweeted
Sept 5th is the researchED national conference 2026 in London. A galaxy of brilliant minds :) Would be great to see you there.
I know it is bad timing (!) but if any KS2 teachers could answer this survey about your history curriculum, it would help a friend:
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Robert Coe retweeted
What happens when teachers focus deliberately on improvement?
This summer, we set out to explore what might happen if teachers were given the opportunity to focus on just one aspect of great teaching.
The result was the Summer ā26 Great Teaching Questioning Challenge.
Over six weeks, 558 teachers from 80 schools ā the majority experiencing the Great Teaching Toolkit for the first time ā took part in a structured programme focused on improving classroom questioning.
Teachers selected a goal, explored evidence-informed techniques, applied them in their classrooms and reflected on the impact on their pupils.
The findings have been encouraging.
Read more here hubs.la/Q04pLR500
Robert Coe retweeted
This pod was right up there! @ProfCoe was excellent (obvs) and the conversations around school improvement, both good and bad, have landed at a perfect time and made me re-think the angle of one of our SDPs for next year - cheers, Rob!
Tune into They Behave for Me if you don't already - great whilst commuting to school and lots of relevant content for Primaries too!
Always a pleasure @adamboxer1 and @amymayforrester. Happy Sunny Sunday, Cass
