JL Dutaut | Schools Week

Let’s learn from Estonia and say goodbye to the old normal

Instead of romanticising our education system, we would better serve teachers and pupils by following the example of new global leaders, writes Emma Slater

We can and must do better to scale up innovations

There is a thriving market of start-ups offering educational solutions, writes David Jaffa, but a fragmented system means schools lack confidence to invest wisely

PRUs prevent criminality – so let’s look beyond the tropes

New research disproves the damaging tropes about alternative provision’s link to crime, writes Steve Howell, so let’s ditch them and back best practice

White paper: beware the unintended consequences

Policy makers looking to secure an all-academy system risk putting a jet engine on a bicycle – with predictable consequences, writes Hugh Greenway

White paper: the all-MAT system needs governance buy-in

Governors and trustees still have valid reservations about large MATs, writes Emma Knights, and the white paper must account for those to deliver its vision

How can we improve attendance in the wake of Covid?

New EEF research offers some best bets for getting children back in the classroom and keeping them there after the pandemic’s disruptions, writes Kirsten Mould

Imagine if… by Sir Ken Robinson and Kate Robinson

Primary teacher, Stephen Lockyer subjects this summation of Ken Robinson’s career to the TED talk treatment

Mary Hind-Portley’s blogs of the Week, 14 March 2022

This week’s top blogs cover assessment, workload reduction, effective CPD and cultural capital

The schools white paper must have oracy at its heart

We are now one year on from schools returning in full after the Covid lockdowns. But we are yet to see any significant, long-term measures to support children of all ages – not only to ‘catch-up’ on their spoken language, but to capitalise on the power of oracy to enhance children’s overall academic success. That’s […]