Our best read blog of the year so far? Nicole Brunker on evidence-based practice, a scathing critique of  our obsession with what she describes as “a narrow base of evidence as ‘what works’ for student achievement”.

Here are the rest in the top five for 2024:

Melissa Close and Linda Graham reject the idea of a behaviour curriculum.

Jill Brown on why a pushback against the explicit teaching mandate is now critical.

Jane Kenway and Katie Maher asked whether student encampments are sites of pedagogy and learning

And Rachel Wilson on the one report on teaching you really need to read

This week, it’s been all about creativity and the latest PISA results – special thanks to Kylie Murphy and Dan Harris for giving us a comprehensive picture of what it all means.

Kylie Murphy: Fourth in the whole world in creative thinking? How good!

Dan Harris (part one): Fourth in the whole world but the government doesn’t care

Dan Harris (part two): Love this. Creativity can be measured – in diverse ways. What we can learn from PISA

It’s been (in)exactly ten years since EduResearch Matters was first published under the leadership of our first editor Maralyn Parker. We all owe her a lot for her energy, perseverance, attention to detail and her great love of education.

Since those first few blogs in mid-2014, we’ve published hundreds of posts from researchers all over Australia, PhD students and professors, classroom teachers and principals, engaged with research everywhere from early childhood to tertiary education of all kinds. We (almost) live blog the AARE conference with contributions from so many sessions

And you are welcome to contribute. Read our notes to contributors here.

Thanks for a wonderful first half of 2024 and looking forward to hearing from more of you.