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Children need to see more ethnically diverse school leaders

Few school leaders and senior managers are from non-white backgrounds. How long will education have to wait for that...

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DAVID HERMITT
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Cognitive load theory: what does the research say?

As teachers we may have hunches about why pupils learn certain elements particularly effectively, but often it’s difficult to...

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JESSICA MASON BLAKEY
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The real ‘graduate schools’ for teachers already exist

Universities and their postgraduate courses for teachers tend to outlive the whims of ministers and secretaries of state, says...

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RACHEL LOFTHOUSE
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Getting schools ready for RSHE

Julie Hyde, Director at CACHE The Department for Education (DfE) has confirmed that they will be making only minor...

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JUILE HYDE
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Parkfield School and No Outsiders: We must learn from Trojan Horse history in Birmingham

No Outsiders and in particular the teaching of LGBT issues must continue, if we want to protect the values...

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COLIN DIAMOND
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Ten things schools can do to address the climate crisis

With a debate raging about whether pupils are taught enough about climate change at school, Fiona Carnie offers some...

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FIONA CARNIE

Robin Conway’s top blogs of the week 11 Mar 2019

On the right track @GreeboRunner In this piece, Zoe Esner explores how the push for a knowledge-rich curriculum has...

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What does good online teacher CPD look like?

Online professional development can be as good as face-to-face, as long as careful consideration has been given to its...

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HANNAH TYREMAN

Powering Up Children: The Learning Power Approach to Primary Teaching

I fully expected to hate this book. I knew it would be full of the kind of progressive ideas...

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