Jon Hutchinson’s blogs of the week, 2 November, 2020

This week’s top picks of the education topics are multiple-choice questions, this summer’s exams, cultural capital, talking about racism...

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Review: The Fascist Painting by Phil Beadle

Gerry Robinson discovers a humourous and provocative book that gets past the emotive responses to its subject to propose...

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Features

Profile: Stephen Chamberlain

Twelve months into the job of CEO at The Active Learning Trust (ALT), Stephen Chamberlain talks to James Carr...

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Covid

Navigating Covid-19: five tips to get us to Christmas

This has been a punishing year, and we need to keep strong as winter takes hold. Here are some...

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SARAH MULLIN
Opinion

What schools need to know about safeguarding while teaching remotely

Policies, infrastructure, communication and trouble-shooting: these are the four crucial things to consider as online teaching becomes increasingly common,...

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CHARLOTTE AYNSLEY
Opinion

Schools must stay open and here’s how to achieve it

The former prime minister reveals a long-term strategy that he says will build confidence to keep schools open Covid-19...

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TONY BLAIR
Opinion

Why the rank order contingency plan is flawed

If the best contingency we have is to slot students who missed exams into an unreliable grade ranking then...

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DENNIS SHERWOOD
Opinion

School closures or not, a second wave of lost learning is already upon us

The latest data shows the most disadvantaged pupils were more likely to have missed the most school this term,...

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LUKE SIBIETA
Opinion

Technology has reduced workload and stress, right?

Laura McInerney looks at the latest Teacher Tapp data to contrast the perceptions of policy makers with the reality...

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