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The Great Education Robbery

As titles go, The Great Education Robbery is about as emotive as they come. And yet, you won’t find some crank conspiracy in these pages but a carefully unfolding analysis of the academisation programme at a micro and a macro level. In fact, the argument Gann posits – that the policy is fundamentally against the […]

Naureen Khalid’s blogs of the week, 11 October 2021

The People Principle @SaysMiss In this blog, Kat Howard reflects on decision-making in people-orientated organisations. She argues that as people are at the heart of what happens in schools, planning and effectively implementing change requires all stakeholders to be invested in the outcome and the process. But Howard goes on to reflect that placing people […]

The triple jeopardy of deprivation for online learning

Pupils are back in the classroom but online learning is now part of the furniture, and that means barriers to access are still a big issue, explains Reka Budai

Retention: adult bullying must be confronted head on

Heads are completely alone in the face of intimidation from parents and their communities, writes Rachel Smith, and it’s silently stealing too many careers

Rishi Sunak must extend the pupil premium to level up our schools

Levelling up must mean tackling persistent inequalities in our school system, and the spending review offers an opportunity to do just that, writes John Stevenson, MP

The Universal Credit cut is also a cut to education

The work of schools to close attainment gaps becomes all the harder with every child who falls into poverty, writes the NEU’s new president, Daniel Kebede

Is there a better, or best, classroom layout?

How best to set up a classroom seems too complex for research to solve, but Cat Scutt finds there are ways to get the most out of any layout

Becoming a teacher

Amber Smith finds a potentially transformative book, but possibly not for the teacher audience its marketing suggests Becoming a Teacher is about a side of teaching that’s often neglected by education books: ethics. It covers morals and responsibilities, but more than that, it’s a deep dive into the ins and outs of how teaching changes […]

Melissa Jane’s blogs of the week, 4 October 2021

Melissa Jane picks three blogs that set out the challenge facing new minister in charge of SEND, Will Quince – should he choose to accept it Dear Will Quince, welcome to SEND… @TaniaLT for @SpecialNdsJungle It’s a new term, a new school year, and the leaves are falling ̶ and just as seasons change, so […]