How to Browse Recent Posts on Practical Theory (practicaltheory.org)

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Practical Theory is a chronological education blog, so the newest writing sits at the top of the homepage and older entries are reached through pagination. To catch up on recent posts, open the homepage and read down the main column; to go further back, use the "Posts pagination" links at the bottom of the post list. Individual post titles open the full article.

What you'll see on the homepage

The site presents posts in reverse-chronological order, with the most recent article first. Each entry shows a title and opening text, and the title links through to the complete post. Recent examples visible on the site include:

  • "AI and Showing Our Work" — an argument that AI cheating is rising in schools and that neither the "AI will revolutionize school" camp nor the "return to blue book exams" camp offers a workable path.
  • "Keep the Kids Safe"
  • "Meeting the Moment by Knowing Our History"

A Recent Posts section also appears on the page, giving a second, shorter route to the latest entries.

Step by step

  1. Go to practicaltheory.org. The homepage loads the current front page of posts.
  2. Scan the main column from top to bottom. The first item is the newest post.
  3. Click a post title to open the full article on its own page. Read to the end, then use your browser's back button to return to the list.
  4. To reach older entries, scroll to the Posts pagination links below the post list and select the next page. Repeat to move further back through the archive.
  5. For a quick check of what's newest, look at the Recent Posts section rather than scrolling the full column.

Expected result: you land on the full text of any post you select, and pagination lets you walk backward through the blog's history in order.

Common snags

  • Only excerpts on the list page. The homepage shows the opening of each post, not the whole piece; you must open the individual post page to read it all.
  • Pagination is at the bottom. If you don't see older posts, you haven't scrolled far enough — the page links sit below the last entry in the list.
  • No search or category menu is described on the page. The visible structure is a straight chronological blog, so browsing is by date rather than by topic. If you're looking for a specific subject, scan titles and paginate rather than expecting a topic index.

What the blog is for

Practical Theory is subtitled "A View From the Schoolhouse" and reads as an educator's running commentary on school life and policy. The current front page is dominated by the AI-in-schools debate, written from the perspective of someone inside a school — the author notes frustration at SLA (Science Leadership Academy) over students using AI to cheat, and argues that better lesson planning alone won't solve it. Browsing recent posts is therefore the fastest way to see the author's current position on that issue and on whatever else has been published lately.