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How can we help pupils make sense of this war impartially?

Impartiality guidance doesn’t help teachers navigate the classroom dilemmas caused by this invasion, writes Jess Mahdavi-Gladwell, but some good...

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JESS MADHAVI-GLADWELL
Community

Helping victims of this and every conflict in our schools

Schools are making incredible efforts to support Ukrainian and Russian students and must do the same for all children...

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ANJUM PEERBACOS
Community

Schools should be better prepared to deal with collective trauma

Senseless violence scarred our community and has taken years to heal, writes Chris Upton. We need better systems to...

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CHRIS UPTON
Energy costs

Rising energy costs are a teachable moment for the sector

The unregulated energy market within which schools operate leaves them vulnerable, writes Tim Warneford, but with vision and some...

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TIM WARNEFORD
The Knowledge

What do schools need to level up literacy post-Covid?

We all understand how important it is that we support and encourage our children to read for pleasure. The...

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LOUISE JOHNS-SHEPHERD

Must Do Better by Harry Hudson and Roy Blatchford

It almost goes without saying that teaching needs an image make-over. Although every so often there’s a heart-warming story...

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Sonia Thompson’s blogs of the week, 28 February 2022

This week's blogs cover graphic novels, the impact of labelling schools, beautiful student work and a trip down edu-blogging...

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Opinion: Curriculum

Diversifying literature? Talk to your librarian

The school library is the perfect place to showcase and support initiatives to offer pupils a broader English literature...

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DANUTA ZALEGA
Literacy

Dismissal of research leaves us stuck in the reading wars

Misinformed criticisms of our work show reconciliation of the reading wars is still some way off, write Alice Bradbury...

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ALICE BRADBURY and DOMINIC WYSE