Opinion

Your money or your data! Counting the costs of ransomware

A spike in ransomware attacks on schools should be spurring leaders – and the Department for Education – to...

JL Dutaut
HAYLEY DUNN
Opinion

Recovery can’t be achieved with sparsely spread resources

New Teach First research reveals stark disparities. Our manifesto aims to put them right by giving teachers the resources...

JL Dutaut
RUSSELL HOBBY
Opinion

The DfE must show it is inclined to learn from its mistakes

The DfE has been challenged like few others by the pandemic, writes Meg Hillier, but its disinclination to learn...

JL Dutaut
Meg Hillier MP
The Knowledge

Research: What are the potential consequences of TAGs?

Teacher-assessed grades could have consequences for under-represented students – not to mention their effect on teachers, writes Billy Huband-Thompson...

JL Dutaut
BILLY HUBAND-THOMPSON

The future of teaching by Guy Claxton

Assistant English lead, Mary Hind-Portley finds a book that promises synthesis but brings little balance to key educational debates...

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Penny’s Podcasts, 24 May 2021

This week, Penny Rabiger’s selection of podcasts hears the voices of young people on mental health, race, conflict, homelessness...

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Opinion

The progress gap can’t be closed. So what now?

The data is clear: The progress gap won’t close in our current system and using our current tools. But...

JL Dutaut
SAMMY WRIGHT
Education Reform

The journey through recovery must lead to reform 

Covid has created new challenges, but it has also highlighted existing ones. Eventually, we must tackle them all, writes...

JL Dutaut
SIR ALAN WOOD CBE
Opinion

How to ensure looked-after children get a look in on the NTP

The first wave of NTP had to make in-flight changes to accommodate looked-after children. The second wave must pre-empt...

JL Dutaut
SIMON BARNES