Jon Hutchinson’s top edu blogs of the week, 09 December 2019

  (don’t) Forget About It: Activating Background Knowledge with Retrieval practice in ELA @MsJasmineN Retrieval practice is in danger...

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Books for teachers and school leaders 2019

For policy nerds The Educated Guess By Warwick Sharp Publisher: Self-published The Educated Guess is a gem of a...

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Opinion: SEND

The SEND system desperately needs transformation in 2020

The new government needs to make the education of young people with SEND a top priority throughout the next...

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CHRIS ROSSITER
Opinion

Secondary schools 2019. Great Expectations or Bleak House?

The dictionary of secondary schooling has seen a few new additions in 2019. Helena Marsh catalogues them, and makes...

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HELENA MARSH
Opinion

No money. No ideas. A year of pure political purgatory

Schools have been visited by the ghosts or Christmas past, present and future this year, writes Laura McInerney. It’s...

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LAURA MCINERNEY

James Pope’s top edu blogs of the week, 2 December 2019

SEND-friendly teaching, antisocial behaviour and teacher wellbeing are the top picks of the education topics this week, chosen by...

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Features

Profile: Micon Metcalfe

Micon Metcalfe’s rise was never a given. Jess Staufenberg meets the school secretary turned government adviser Micon Metcalfe, one...

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The Incredible Teenage Brain by Hohnen, Gilmour and Murphy

The Incredible Teenage Brain promises to tell you everything you need to know to “unlock your teen’s potential”. As...

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Opinion

PISA 2018: What we have learned about children’s life satisfaction

While the study reports that most English 15-year-olds are happy, Dr Angela Donkin says the figures indicate some concerning...

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DR ANGELA DONKIN