How representative are your governors – and why does it matter? Neil Collins explains why governance is improved by a diverse range of perspectives and how to start measuring how your board reflects your community
Solutions: How to normalise rejection in relationships education Laura Coryton explains why talking about rejection matters and offers tips on how to prepare young people for it through PSHE and beyond
Braverman’s dangerous rhetoric puts pupils at risk Everyone in education has good cause to resist the home secretary’s dangerous words on immigration, says Daniel Kebede
How to tame performance reviews to make them fair and constructive David Benson offers advice on how to ensure appraisals are neither bureaucratic nor meaningless but help everyone towards genuine improvement
The mental health crisis calls for urgent policy solutions Andrew Howard describes the desperate state of SEMH support – but argues the solutions are already here for determined policy makers to fix it
Four government priorities to support a sector-led system Our fragile system only needs ministers to provide strategy and vision on four core missions to build its resilience, writes Leora Cruddas
What will it take to make maths to 18 a reality? Simon Coyle identifies six strands to deliver a new maths deal for young people, drawn from a new collection of essays from sector leaders
The mobile phone ban in schools is the solution to the wrong problem The ubiquity of smartphone use raises problems that won’t be solved by a school ban alone, writes Michael Baxter
No smoke and mirrors can hide the parlous state of our schools Try as they might, nothing can distract teachers from a government that’s run out of road, says Mary Bousted