Book Reviews Book Schools of thought: Lessons to learn from schools doing things differently This book offers an enriching and varied tour of the best that schools around the globe have to offer Find out more Book Artificial intelligence in the primary classroom: 101 ways to save time, cut your workload and enhance your creativity A useful guide to get you started – but not one that will empower you to make the best… Find out more Book Teaching Classroom Controversies: Navigating Complex Teaching Issues in the Age of Fake News and Alternative Facts This immediately practical and up-to-date book will help teachers navigate some of today’s most contentious issues Find out more Next 3 resources Book Geoff and Margaret’s Old School Book of Retirement Tales It perfectly tickles that part of the brain that harbours memories of a childhood, says a nostalgic Ed Finch Find out more Book Teachers and teaching post-Covid: Seizing opportunities for change Its account of the profession’s pandemic response is unfortunately not matched by its vision for a post-Covid transformation Find out more Book A practical guide to pupil wellbeing: strategies for classroom teachers Not the kind of practical guide to skim for quick wins, it’s nonetheless a useful read to start important… Find out more Blog Reviews Blog The Conversation – with Zara Simpson Ramadan, Women’s History Month and British Science week Find out more Blog The Conversation – with Dr Jess Mahdavi-Gladwell The end of ‘school phobia’, inner leadership, belonging, curriculum and culture, and blank stares Find out more Blog The Conversation – with Shekeila Scarlett Pupils missing education, rethinking pastoral care, and homeschooling Find out more Next 3 resources Blog The Conversation – with Frances Akinde This week’s conversation gets heated about the arts and reflects on the impact of toothless government guidance Find out more Blog The Conversation – with Fiona Atherton This week’s hot topics include mobile phones in schools, the uses and abuses of labels and elevating Black leaders Find out more Blog The Conversation – with Robert Gasson This week’s digital staffroom talks gender-questioning young people, inclusion, behaviour and consistency Find out more Research Reviews The Knowledge How do workforce views differ on pay and conditions? New data reveals who is most – and least – satisfied with their pay, their workload and the resources… JL Dutaut 1w John Jerrim 1w The Knowledge What does inclusion look like in practice today? New research shows remarkably little consensus about what inclusion means – leaving the schools who do it best exposed JL Dutaut 2w Toby Greany and Jodie Pennacchia 2w The Knowledge How can schools in poor areas attract more teachers? New research by the National Institute of Teaching shows a mismatch between what schools offer candidates and what teachers… JL Dutaut 3w Professor Sin Wang Chong 3w Next 3 opinions The Knowledge How are SENDCOs managing amid rising pressures? New research reveals the pressures of escalating need and insufficient resource – but diverging views of the SENDCO role… JL Dutaut 4w Rik Chilvers 4w The Knowledge How youth work complements and supports schools Three studies show how youth work is a vital part of any effort to improve the lives and outcomes… JL Dutaut 4w Will Millard and Jacob Diggle 4w The Knowledge How are multi-academy trusts navigating centralisation? New research reveals how trusts pool funding and the opportunities and challenges for more and better centralisation JL Dutaut 1mo Chris Kirk and Will Jordan 1mo Book review Young people on the margins Melissa Benn 3y Find out more