Covid

Plotting a ten-year course is the sensible response to Covid

A ten-year education plan like Blackpool’s is precisely the kind of policymaking our communities need and deserve, writes Frank...

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FRANK NORRIS
Opinion

We must secure education technology’s great leap forward

Education technology has taken great strides in the past year. Now the legacy of its impact must be secured...

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GAVIN WILLIAMSON
Opinion

What have we learned about moving education online?

After the initial buzz of moving our curriculum online, the new lockdown is slowly revealing the pedagogical approaches we...

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AMY CURTIS

Review: Beyond the Tyranny of Testing by Gill and Gergen

James Mannion’s review finds a book that doesn’t pull its punches in its effort to convince us to rethink...

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Melissa Jane’s blogs of the week, 01 February, 2021

Home learning in special schools, the pressures of early years teaching in lockdown, a blueprint for anti-racism and the...

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Opinion

Our assessment system contributes to poor mental health

There is plenty of inspiration to draw on worldwide if we seek to reform our assessment system – as...

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OLLY NEWTON
Opinion: Workforce

Discrimination against BAME school business professionals is nothing new

A new report into diversity among school business professionals (SBPs) offers new insights into this under-researched workforce, writes Sandy...

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SANDY TOMLINSON
The lockdown diary

Vax on. Vax off.

Ian Thorssteinsson opens his lockdown diary to reveal it's been another week of resilience-building in education leadership

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IAN THORSTEINSSON
Opinion

Alternative provision infrastructure is at risk and that’s bad for everyone

The lack of referrals during the Covid crisis means that funding for alternative provision is likely to be reduced...

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SARAH DOVE