Mary Hind-Portley’s blogs of the week, 14 June 2021

Our guest reviewer, Mary Hind Portley selects three blogs with a focus on improving teaching, leadership and schools, and...

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Opinion

Turning the corner to a more sustainable improvement model

There are encouraging signs that school improvement is being put on a more sustainable footing, writes David Weston. And...

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DAVID WESTON
Opinion

Better funding will only come with a better evidence base

Looking past our disappointment at the Treasury’s funding of the recovery package, it’s easy to see why the DfE...

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Ian Rowe
Opinion

AI is here to stay – and no cliché is going to stop it

Dismissing the educational potential of AI is wasted energy. Worse, it could leave the sector exposed, writes Priya Lakhani...

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PRIYA LAKHANI
Covid

Colleges are the missing link of post-Covid reform

Money and MAT expansion alone won’t stop vulnerable learners missing out on their next steps, writes Sam Parrett. We...

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SAM PARRETT
Opinion

We need to talk about our assessment system

Whatever the decision, now is the time to have some tough talk about our assessment and qualification system, writes...

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JO-ANNE BAIRD
Opinion

What does it take to implement off-the-shelf interventions?

With pressure to ‘catch up’, off-the-shelf interventions are tempting – but implementation needs to be carefully considered, writes Rowena...

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ROWENA KING

Middle Leadership Mastery by Adam Robbins

There’s more to middle leadership than this concise book can cover, writes Kristian Shanks, but that shouldn’t detract from...

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Robin Conway’s blogs of the week, 7 June 2021

This week’s top blogs cover how to develop articulate learners, a powerful curriculum metaphor, world-building, courageous leadership, lies, damned...

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