From Netflix for CPD to supporting organisational change From internal communication tool to a Netflix for CPD, our OpenSource now promises to support leaders across the sector to implement change, writes Luke Sparkes
Why does the system need a National Institute of Teaching? From cold spots to gaps in research, Sir Dan Moynihan sets out the reasons the school-led training provider came to be and the seismic shift it hopes to create
We need a broad and balanced assessment system too Digital technologies can improve the assessment of educational outcomes, writes Rachel Macfarlane, but we must go further than simply delivering exams online
Diversifying curriculum is everyone’s job now, not in 2024 The DfE’s planned model history curriculum is a welcome response to issues of racial representation, writes Abid Butt, but schools don’t need to wait for it
Schools face a financial tsunami and another edtech revolution An ill-conceived Covid response has left schools financially exposed and unprepared to adapt to technological advances, writes Richard Taylor
Social mobility: Why Birbalsingh is right and what to do about it Social mobility policy is often focused on rags-to-riches stories, says Loic Menzies, but there’s plenty ministers can do to make more modest dreams achievable
How can we judge the impact of coaching in schools? For all the buzz about coaching, until now there has been little by way of measuring its effects in education, writes Rachel Lofthouse
Representation Matters – Becoming an anti-racist educator Audrey Pantelis discovers a book that will motivate school leaders to take action to make their schools more representative, albeit only as the start of a process
Melissa Jane’s blogs of the week, 20 June 2022 This week’s top blogs are on the risks of ‘measuring everyone with the same ruler’ – pupils with SEND, those with low attendace and young people generally