The Knowledge

How can we secure the spirit of Covid collaboration for the future?

A Manchester initiative is showing how school-to-school collaborations are best placed to create the conditions for improvement, write Mel...

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Professor Mel Ainscow and Dr Paul Armstrong

Teach Like A Champion 3.0 by Doug Lemov

Doug Lemov’s Teach Like A Champion (TLAC) books are ubiquitous on CPD library shelves. When I trained in 2015...

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Sonia Thompson’s blogs of the week, 25 October 2021

Children's reading, the power of coaching, ResearchEd Surrey summarised and the fall - and rise? - of differentiation

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Opinion: Accountability

Ofsted’s maths research review could lead to poorer teaching

School leaders and teachers for tips to improve maths teaching would do better to follow the national curriculum’s principles,...

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ANNE WATSON AND JENNI BACK
Mental health

Stressed teachers can’t fight the child mental health crisis

A childhood mental health crisis is upon us, writes Brigid Wells, and having over-worked teachers on the front line...

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BRIGID WELLS
Opinion: Curriculum

Tackling racism and rape culture is curriculum work

With time and training every teacher can start tackling oppressive narratives in their classroom, writes Joy Mbakwe. And once...

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JOY MBAKWE
Opinion: Workforce

Teacher shortages won’t be solved with financial incentives

Boris Johnson’s plans to drive teachers into challenging schools with £3,000 won’t work, writes Ben Newmark. There are better...

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BEN NEWMARK
The Knowledge

How has the pandemic impacted special schools?

Our research shows that special schools were the hardest hit and leaders have little faith their plight is understood,...

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CAROLINE SHARP and AMY SKIPP

The Great Education Robbery

As titles go, The Great Education Robbery is about as emotive as they come. And yet, you won’t find...

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