Cognitive Load Theory by Steve Garnett

Adam Boxer finds this handy introduction is undermined by edu-publishing fetishes old and new The edu-twitter-bloggo-bookosphere is a crowded field. Jostling...

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Sonia Thompson’s blogs of the week, 28 September 2020

New children’s literature, new early years guidance, new resources for busy teachers and a new method to develop students’...

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Covid

Covid adaptations have actually improved some aspects of school life

It’s not very new any more – and it certainly isn’t normal yet – but the adapted school day...

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TIM ROACH
Exams

Few certainties, but exams are fairest and should go ahead

Schools can be confident that Ofqual and exam boards have the tools to make summer 2021 exams fair, writes...

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DAME GLENYS STACEY
Features

Give us both barrels, say heads of ‘inadequate’ schools

The loudest voices have called for Ofsted to suspend full inspections during the Covid crisis. But for a section...

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Sexual abuse

Two out of 27. How government is failing the inclusion test

The government has only implemented two of 27 recommendations from the Timpson review of school exclusion. Cath Murray offers suggestions for how...

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CATH MURRAY
Opinion

Special schools show how much the system’s resilience is being tested

We’re in it for the long haul but special schools are the canary in the coal mine of the...

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MADELAINE CAPLIN
Opinion

Covid: We need data on learning loss and we need it fast

Summer exams will come too late to start learning useful lessons from Covid but we don’t have to wait...

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NATALIE PERERA* AND JOHN MOORE**
Opinion

How can school-charity partnerships help tackle lost learning?

With the national tutoring programme set to launch soon, a roundtable from earlier this year offers useful insights on...

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ALIX ROBERTSON* and SUSANNAH HARDYMAN**