Cost of living: Supporting families to access help pays off Accessing the financial support they are entitled to is a struggle for many families, writes Davinder Jandu, and helping them with that benefits everyone
How can you build an evidence-informed school culture? Some simple (and evidence-informed) policies and actions can prevent ‘evidence-informed’ becoming just another educational buzzword, writes Cat Scutt
The Voltage Effect by John A. List John List’s analysis of what works when scaling up impact will be useful to anyone involved in delivering the MAT-led system, writes Thomas Martell
Gerry Robinson’s blogs of the week, 9 May 2022 This week’s top blogs cover British sign language in the classroom, revision routines, subject leader CPD and promoting wellbeing in a disjointed world
If we’re all together, why is AP excluded again? Another report denigrates and fails to include the voices of AP, writes Sarah Johnson, and until that ends it’s unlikely we’ll solve systemic problems
The Great Resignation: now is not the time to over-react It’s been a tough few years for everyone in education, writes Dan Cowling, but let’s not jump to reforms in panic at the so-called Great Resignation
The Great Resignation is here – but is it here to stay? Teacher Tapp research shows concerns about headteacher resignations are well-founded but that the impacts may be mitigated in the short term, writes Iain Ford
TV review: Euros Lyn’s Heartstopper The dialogue and charater development may be a little rom-com but the hopeful portrayal of an LGBTQ-inclusive world more than makes up for that, wrtotes Will Yates
Sonia Thompson’s blogs of the week, 2 May 2022 This week’s blogs cover reading, retrieval, assessment and effective professional development