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You can see your child is struggling, but where do you start? Research shows why interested conversations matter during the GCSE years, and how clearer learning insights can help parents offer focused support.
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Help your child revise without needing to know every answer. Join Julian for four practical 15-minute sessions on getting started, asking useful questions, trying better techniques and noticing progress.
What two decades in classrooms have taught me about why teenagers struggle to start revising and how parents can help
AI can answer questions, but can it teach? Discover why SideCog puts pedagogy, adaptive teaching and lasting learning at the heart of educational AI.
When a school has excellent behaviour but still receives a “Needs Attention” judgement because of attendance, it raises an important question: how much can schools really control? After 20 years in education, Julian Dance reflects on attendance, curriculum relevance and whether we need to look more closely at why some young people disengage from learning.
A 658-day Duolingo streak doesn't necessarily make you confident enough to order dinner. A family holiday in Sardinia got Julian thinking about context, confidence, retrieval - and the difference between completing activities and actually learning.
Flashcards are one of the most popular revision tools, but using them badly can create the illusion of learning. Julian explores how to make them work harder.
After twenty years teaching science, Julian Dance reflects on the changing role of teachers, why experienced educators matter more than ever, and why he believes technology should amplify, not replace, great teaching.
Parents don't really want another grade or school report. They want to understand how their child is learning, where confidence is growing, where misconceptions are developing and what they can do to help. Drawing on twenty years in education, Julian Dance explores why the conversation parents really want has always been much bigger than parents' evening.
When Oak National Academy's CEO raised AI safeguarding in Romeo and Juliet at the House of Commons, it highlighted a challenge every education AI company must solve - understanding context. Here's how SideCog's learning companion, Cogsy, was designed to respond.
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