Naureen Khalid’s blogs of the week, 25 January 2021

Separation of powers, accountability, responsibility and humanity are Naureen Khalid’s top picks of the topics from this week’s education...

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Features

In conversation with… Ian Livingstone

Ian Livingstone has a unique outlook as a best-selling gaming pioneer. This September, it will be the vision for...

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Opinion

Let’s make school streets safer for good

The creation of car-free school streets would be a huge help in combating the high levels of air pollution...

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SIOBHAN BAILLIE
The lockdown diary

Hope amid despair

Gerry Robinson opens her lockdown diary to record the past week with year 10 poetry still echoing in her...

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GERRY ROBINSON
Opinion

Ofqual’s proposal simply doesn’t make the grade

Its intentions are reasonable, but it’s hard to see any positive outcomes from Oqual’s proposal, writes Tom Richmond “I...

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TOM RICHMOND
Opinion

A sudden desire to trust teachers hints at a poisoned chalice

After months of dithering and conflicting messages, the government’s latest noises on trust in teacher grading look likely to...

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DAME ALISON PEACOCK
Opinion

Will the current lockdown ease financial pressures on schools? 

A new report by the NFER shows that regardless of lockdown all schools are struggling with Covid-related schools and...

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JENNA JULIUS

Review: Secondary Curriculum Transformed. Enabling All to Achieve

Zoe Enser’s review finds a book on curriculum with too much breadth and too little depth Secondary Curriculum Transformed...

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Sonia Thompson’s blogs of the week, 18 January 2021

The power of short stories, books for social and emotional learning, improving online resources and home-learning engagement are this...

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