Opinion

How do essential skills shape young people’s life outcomes?

What do we know about the impact of skills-focused interventions and what does it mean for teachers? Will Millard...

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WILL MILLARD* and DR ELNAZ KASHEFPAKDEL**

Review: Inadequate by Priya Lakhani

Melissa Benn finds this book about the future of education has some elements of good, but requires improvement Priya...

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Sonia Thompson’s blogs of the week, 16 November 2020

Teachers who read and readers who teach, the futile search for perfection, making a good impression and walking back...

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Opinion

Schools have led the way through the pandemic and can lead the way out

There is no better time to put forward a positive vision of the future of schools than amid this...

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NICK BROOK
Covid

Going beyond tutoring to help pupils envision a world beyond Covid

Tutoring alone is insufficient to help pupils emerge from the collective trauma of the past year, writes Sue O’Brien...

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SUE O'BRIEN
Opinion

Tougher guidelines, but trustees need better data on executive pay

Government must step in to support MAT trustees to validate executive pay or face trying to fix a distorted...

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SAMANTHA HULSON
Exams

Exams 2021: Wales now has a clear direction. What about us?

England shouldn’t cancel its exams but it should follow Wales’s lead in one key regard – taking action now,...

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NATALIE PERERA
Exams

Exams 2021: Inequality grows with every positive test

The disparity of educational fortunes between some of our communities is ingrained. Covid-19 is making it a lot worse,...

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HAMID PATEL
Opinion

Does class size matter? Rethinking the debate

Covid is forcing some schools to create supersized classes, but is that necessarily a bad thing? Peter Blatchford reviews...

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Peter Blatchford