Opinion: SEND

The SEND funding crisis can’t be hidden any longer

This year, the funding crisis affecting children with SEND and their families finally got the political attention it needs....

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JULIE MCCULLOCH
Opinion

History repeats for school governors in 2019 funding crisis

Education has gone as far back to basics as it possibly can, writes Martin Matthews. If only politicians found...

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MARTIN MATTHEWS
Opinion

As 2020 dawns, primary schools face a perfect storm

Primaries, their teachers and pupils face an unprecedented crisis if things don’t change in 2020, says Robert Campbell. And...

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ROBERT CAMPBELL

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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