Opinion

Helping children exit the deep well of traumatic bereavement

When life feels scary for children, teachers are particularly well placed to notice and offer ways to cope with...

JL Dutaut
BECK FERRARI
Opinion

How to avoid being caught out by staff holidays abroad

School leaders will need to plan ahead to minimise the possible impact of staff heading for holidays overseas, writes...

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JENNY ARROWSMITH
Opinion

Look to the system – not schools – for ‘moral purpose’

The academies minister is right to say collaboration between schools is a matter of morality – but she’s looking...

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Caroline Barlow
Opinion

How can we secure the recovery without losing teachers?

NFER’s Jack Worth looks at the organisation’s latest teacher labour market research and finds the Covid recovery will require...

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JACK WORTH

Sonia Thompson’s blogs of the week, 5 May 2021  

Resources for teaching empathy, Ofsted’s view of history, a curriculum overhaul and the importance of modelling good practice are...

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Mark. Plan. Teach. 2.0 by Ross Morrison McGill

Thomas Raine finds this book is a handy repository of what we know about effective teaching, with a relentless...

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Opinion

We must treat mental health as we do safeguarding

The experience of the past year has brought a greatly increased focus on mental health that should be sustained...

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MICHAEL SAMUEL, MBE
Opinion

A better alternative to A-levels? We already have one

A new report recommends an alternative model of post-16 qualifications. Jo Sale agrees, but wonders why the proposed solution...

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JO SALE
ITT

ITT review: are universities heading for the ‘Ex-ITT’?

There would be nothing to fear from a genuinely impartial ITT review, writes David Spendlove, but does anyone believe...

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DAVID SPENDLOVE