Julia Skinner’s top edu blogs of the week, 4 May 2020

Compassion, leading change, meeting communities’ needs, balance and flexibility are Julia Skinner’s top picks of the education topics this...

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Teaching Walk-Thrus: Five-Step Guides to Instructional Coaching

Reviewer Diana Detterick detects an unfortunate bias, but it’s not enough to stop this book becoming her go-to reference...

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Opinion

How should schools support transitions this summer and beyond?

Primary-to-secondary transition faces new challenges as a result of the Covid crisis but recent research can help ensure schools...

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ELLIE MULCAHY
The lockdown diary

A week in the life of Jo Southby

As her schools prepare to launch Oak Academy resources amid new routines and new challenges, Jo Southby opens up...

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JO SOUTHBY
Opinion

Building on this ‘mindful pause’ for education

Whatever is in store for education post lockdown, we can be sure that the foundational skills of mindfulness will...

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Adrian Bethune and Professor Katherine Weare
Opinion

Warming the cold spots of alternative provision

A new report on the state of alternative provision makes for some dire reading but there’s plenty of evidence...

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CATH MURRAY
Opinion

Our new report must inform the roadmap to reopening

A new report from the Chartered College of Teaching has gathered evidence from around the world and must inform...

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ALISON PEACOCK
Opinion

The digital divide affects teachers as well as their pupils

As schools settle into more sustained use of online learning tools, attention needs to be paid to teachers’ development...

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PATRICK ROACH
Features

The Horsham Schools Partnership

Jess Staufenberg discovers that when it comes to rural schools, the system helps those who help themselves Before re-naming...

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