Opinion

Accountability snapshots tell an incomplete story of schools

Schools, teachers and students deserve better than to see their stories reduced to statistical snapshots, writes filmmaker and ex-teacher...

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JAIME TAYLOR
Opinion

Vulnerable students need key adults to fight through isolation

As schools rush to put home learning and free meals in place, we mustn’t forget the importance of key...

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SHEILA MULVENNEY
Opinion

Should character play any part in educator development?

Bunkum and divination have made their way on to educator development programmes and even leadership interviews, write Matt Hood...

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MATT HOOD AND NEIL GILBRIDE
Opinion

School closures: ASCL general secretary’s advice to members

Following yesterday’s announcements on school closures and the cancellation of this year’s exam series, Geoff Barton, General Secretary of...

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GEOFF BARTON
Opinion

In times of uncertainty teachers and leaders need clarity

The NEU’s priority is to get clarity for teachers and school leaders. But one thing’s for certain: There’s no...

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MARY BOUSTED
Opinion

Do teachers need to read original research papers?

How much research is too much, and what’s the best way to ensure it leads to best practice? Cat...

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CAT SCUTT

Julia Skinner’s top edu blogs of the week, 9 March 2020

Implementing policy, retention, ethical leadership and peer review are among Julia Skinner’s top picks of the education topics this...

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Review: A Curriculum of Hope by Debra Kidd

Michael Fordham finds a book that challenges some of the poor thinking around curriculum, but is limited by its...

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Opinion

The new OECD study that could improve early intervention

As the OECD publishes its first early learning study, Caroline Sharp looks at what we’ve already learned and how...

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CAROLINE SHARP