Covid

Try before you buy: The key to unlocking post-Covid support

Letting schools and trusts try out collaboration before formalising their partnerships is an idea whose time has come, writes...

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SIR DAVID CARTER
Opinion: SEND

School support is vital for families being let down by the SEN system

Getting the right placement is fraught and unduly challenging, and school support is vital to families’ uphill battle, writes...

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MOLLIE BENJAMIN
Opinion

Is future multi-academy trust consolidation inevitable?

Unless the DfE provides an incentive, only a small number of MAT mergers are likely to take place. Dr Chris Hampshire explains...

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CHRIS HAMPSHIRE
Opinion

The recovery will need funding – but just what sums are required?

New analysis by the EPI shows the scale of ambition needed to ensure the pandemic recovery plan sets children’s...

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LUKE SIBIETA
Opinion

Lost generation? This could be the luckiest!

Covid has been damaging in the short-term, but its legacy could see this generation of students benefit from a...

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MATTHEW KLEINER-MANN
Opinion: Curriculum

Classrooms are vital to the fight against racism

Stephen Lawrence Day is a reminder that while fighting racism is complex, the educational goal is a simple one,...

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DEBORAH LAWSON

Robin Conway’s blogs of the week, 19 April 2021

This week’s top blogs cover verbal feedback, non-specialist teaching, video lessons, re-aligning priorities and the transition ‘language leap’  ...

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The Knowledge

Research: Is all our evidence all it’s cracked up to be?

Three new studies call into question the evidence base for feedback, growth mindsets and deliberate practice, reveals Harry Fletcher-Wood...

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HARRY FLETCHER-WOOD

Young people on the margins

Melissa Benn finds a book that’s both subtle and harrowing, and full of evidence-based lessons on preventing the marginalisation...

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