Opinion: SEND

Unreformed, England’s SEN system is financially unsustainable

A new report from the National Audit Office lays bare the financial crisis related to SEND provision and makes...

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Emma Willson
The Knowledge

What’s really behind teacher shortages here and abroad?

A new report attempts to find the simplest explanation for why countries with teacher shortages have them while others...

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Professor Stephen Gorard
Opinion: Edtech

I, teacher: The five stages to unleashing robot educators

The robot teachers are coming. Here's how their evolution is likely to play out

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Tony Staneff
Opinion: Curriculum review

The Francis Review must usher in the age of digital assessment

We can’t wait for a digital big bang. We must keep making incremental progress to maximise its potential for...

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Colin Hughes
Opinion: Curriculum

We can start creating a broader curriculum without a review

A broader, more creative curriculum doesn’t have to wait until the curriculum review has reported and its recommendations are...

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Sharon Hague
Opinion: SEND

Cutting minimum funding to plug high needs deficits is wrong

Top-slicing school budgets to fill councils' high needs black hole is already a go-to. Government must rethink backing the...

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Caroline Derbyshire
Opinion: Solutions

How to get parents on board with your behaviour policy

Aligning policy and parental expectations is vital in ensuring a behaviour policy is well supported at home and ultimately...

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Paul Dix

The Conversation – with Shekeila Scarlett

Teenagers' memory and their mental health, the truth about smartphones in schools, and an unvarnished account of joining an...

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The Knowledge

What does employee engagement tell us about retention?

Our findings show that when teachers become more emotionally engaged with their colleagues over the course of an academic...

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John Jerrim