Opinion: Workforce

Party manifestos must address teacher pay and workload

With an election looming, the latest workforce figures show parties’ plans must focus on recruitment and retention as a...

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Jack Worth
Opinion: Policy

The next government must burst the Westminster bubble

North of Tyne demonstrates what’s possible when decision making is meaningfully devolved – and we need much more of...

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Jamie Driscoll
Opinion: Sustainability

We owe young people a listening ear on climate change

A new survey by the IB reveals young people’s eagerness to learn in order to tackle the climate crisis...

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Olli-Pekka Heinonen
Opinion: Policy

Whoever wins, both parties have done the right maths on STEM

Labour and the Conservatives are offering different policies, but have identified the same core problem for the next government...

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Dr Jeffery Quaye and Dr Karen Skilling
Opinion: Curriculum

How to close the maths and science ‘enjoyment gap’

New research reveals stark disparities in teenagers’ enjoyment of maths and science – a regional gap we must close...

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David Thomas
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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