Opinion: Policy

How the Liberal Democrats will tackle persistent absence

The approach will be defined by a combination of high standards and a warm heart

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Callum Robertson
The Knowledge

What does inclusion look like in practice today?

New research shows remarkably little consensus about what inclusion means – leaving the schools who do it best exposed

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Toby Greany and Jodie Pennacchia

The Conversation – with Dr Jess Mahdavi-Gladwell

The end of 'school phobia', inner leadership, belonging, curriculum and culture, and blank stares

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Opinion: Edtech

Get ready. The digital humans are coming

New developments in the way students can interact with AI give renewed urgency to efforts to prepare and safeguard...

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Federico Pugliese
Opinion: Curriculum

We want to signpost the best curriculum models. But how?

Oak National Academy is gathering teachers’ views on how best to support them to navigate the busy marketplace of...

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Matt Hood
Opinion: Accountability

We need better measures of disadvantage to better target funding

New research reveals a bigger in-group attainment gap for disadvantaged pupils than exists between them and their peers

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Crispin Chatterton and Jon Andrews
Opinion: Solutions

Recognising and mitigating early signs of mental health issues

Despite variations in how mental health issues manifest from child to child, the value of early discovery can't be...

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Kayleigh Frost
Opinion: Leadership

New governance guides are a welcome update – and nothing to worry about

The two new DfE guides better reflect the system we have and won't add to governors' workloads

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Emma Knights