Opinion

Our recommendations will boost schools’ ethnic minority success

Schools drive Britain’s inclusive success story. Our recommendations will shape its next chapter, writes Race and Ethnic Disparities commissioner, Martyn...

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MARTYN OLIVER
Opinion

Edtech’s success depends on demystifying AI

We can only prevent more ‘mutant algorithms’ and make edtech safe with a framework for the ethical use of...

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ROSE LUCKIN
Opinion

The real edtech revolution is yet to come

Computers are essential. Algorithms are the norm. But the true potential of the edtech revolution is in robotics, writes...

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SAMER AL MOUBAYED
The Knowledge

Research: What factors affecting retention matter most to teachers?

Research has long shown what factors affect retention but not which matter more to teachers themselves, write Hui Lu...

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HUI LU* and PETER BURGE**

Let’s hear it from the boys

Some of the author’s research claims seem questionable, but Stella Jones finds a book that is both inspiring and...

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Penny’s podcasts, 29 March 2021

To mark International Children’s’ Book Day on 2 April, Penny Rabiger selects five podcasts with a focus on children’s...

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Opinion

Recovery? School leaders need it as much as their students

Leaders have a chance to rest and reflect over Easter. Ministers should do the same and come up with...

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RUTH DAVIES
Opinion

Could Accelerated Reader be holding children’s reading back?

The ubiquitous algorithm to improve children’s reading is a blunt tool that could be doing more harm than good,...

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SHIVAN DAVIS

Melissa Jane’s blogs of the week, 22 March 2021 

Melissa Jane’s top blogs cover resisting competition, surviving exclusion, improving inclusion for those with autism and supporting colleagues fasting...

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