Robin Conway’s top edu blogs of the week, 8 June 2020

Challenging racism in education, avoiding quick-fix solutions and redeeming PowerPoint are this week’s top picks of the education topics,...

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The Purposes of Education: A Conversation Between John Hattie and Steen Nepper Larsen

Steve Turnbull finds himself immersed in a conversation between two great minds that are more alike than would first...

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Features

Profile: Natasha Ullah, headteacher of Magna Academy, Poole

Schools Week meets the new Magna Academy head on a mission to move on from the school’s ‘no excuses’...

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Mastery in Primary Mathematics: A guide for teachers and leaders

Our reviewer finds a useful reference for those starting out with mastery, but one that fails to deliver on...

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Opinion

Reopening our school has made the future a little brighter

Braced to comfort crying children without physical contact, reopening has instead resulted in huge smiles and boisterous enthusiasm. Tracey...

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TRACEY HUDSON

Jon Hutchinson’s top edu blogs of the week, 25 May 2020

Racism and trauma, reopening schools, outdoor learning, reading comprehension and elaborative diacope are Jon Hutchinson’s top picks of the...

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Opinion

Disregard teachers’ concerns at your peril, Boris

Big questions remain unanswered as schools reopen and big decisions still have to be made. The DfE must work...

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The lockdown diary

A week in the life of Olivia Eren

Amid government fiascos and ongoing uncertainty, year 11 student, Olivia Eren opens her 'half term' lockdown diary

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OLIVIA EREN
Opinion

Short- and long-term challenges beset teacher workforce

Today, the NFER publishes its latest overview of the teacher labour market in England. Eighteen months on from the...

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JACK WORTH