What have others said about Andrew Old’s Education Battleground?
Relentless, logical, and precise. The Rorschach of education. One of the Titans of blogging, and the reason I started to write about teaching.
Tom Bennett
Andrew is the original gangsta of education blogging. Selfless to a fault, he has given his time and sharp intellect over to the task of promoting everyone else writing about education. But if you know, you know and his is the blog you will return to time and again.
Greg Ashman
In his blog, Andrew does not shy away from challenging a lot of ideas which at one time were orthodoxies and in some case still are. You may not always agree with him, but his is a voice which deserves to be heard by all involved in education.
Andrew is one of those rare people who forensically examines educational data and challenges misconceptions. This substack will be of interest to all who are interested in what the data actually tells us rather than what we would like it to show.
Naureen Khalid
Andrew is controversial and attracts criticism but nobody gets to be around as long as he has and is as influential as he is without being careful and right a lot of the time. Don't assume you know what he thinks from what others say. Read his posts.
Ben Newmark
Andrew who?
Stephen Lane
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