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(Re-)Introducing the Teaching and Learning Toolkit

A decade of learning has led to a major update of the EEF toolkit, writes Jonathan Kay, and now it’s ready for the next ten years

Let’s stop talking about summer learning loss

Concerns about learning loss are especially current, but they may be misplaced when it comes to the summer break – and teachers have enough to worry about, writes Kate Kelly

CEO diversity: A verdict of ‘could do better’

There’s a lot of work to be done on CEO diversity but the good news is the sector is determined to improve, write Navdeep Sanghara and Sir Steve Lancashire

Education’s next steps towards even greater LGBT+ inclusion

A new report reveals how much the LGBT+ school experience has changed, writes George Ryan, and sets out the remaining challenges on the journey to full inclusion

Maths can give a warmer welcome than any ‘values lessons’

As the UK Government rolls out Operation Warm Welcome, Dr Ems Lord says compulsory values lessons are a far less welcoming prospect than a good maths curriculum

Listen to us, Mr Zahawi, but we’re listening to Mr Sunak

Ahead of the Conservative Party conference, Paul Whiteman says real signs of change at the DfE will come from the chancellor’s speech

What do teachers really think of CPD?

Iain Ford looks at Teacher Tapp data to read the runes for the new Early Career Framework and find out why length of service affects perceptions of CPD

Habits of success: Getting every student learning

It’s funny how much an accumulation of tweets over time form a character of someone, isn’t it? When I opened this book, I was picturing its author like I knew him. Harry Fletcher-Wood. So calm, so measured, so bloody thoughtful. He’s the guy in The Hangover who has a plan. He’s the one in the […]

Robin Conway’s blogs of the week, 27 September 2021

This week’s top blogs cover curriculum thinking, staff cultures, giving feedback to novices and a debate on the values of recitation