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Anti-racist dogma shouldn’t replace real curriculum thinking
A perfect storm of competing pressures threatens to shortcut critical thinking about curriculum, writes Alka Sehgal Cuthbert For some, Ofsted’s emphasis...
ALKA SEGHAL-CUTHBERT
English teacher, Civitas and co-ordinator, Don't Divide Us
Catch-up: follow Barrow’s lead on summer provision
It’s possible to deliver summer catch-up without burning out the teaching workforce. We’ve been doing it for years, writes John Woodcock...
JOHN WOODCOCK
Lord Walney, non-aligned peer in the House of Lords
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Reopening: Managing teachers’ reasonable objections
Jenny Arrowsmith sets out what school leaders need to know to properly manage staff’s reasonable concerns about returning next week There...
JENNY ARROWSMITH
senior partner (employment), Irwin Mitchell
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Research: How to ensure more disadvantaged students succeed
Rebecca Wheater looks at a new PISA 2018 analysis that sheds light on the conditions for disadvantaged pupil’s academic success Recent...
REBECCA WHEATER
research director of International Large Scale Assessments, NFER
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Three traps the edtech strategy must avoid at all costs
The Covid lockdowns have provided a golden opportunity for government to work out a well-thought-through strategy for edtech, writes Mark Anderson...
MARK ANDERSON
former teacher and head of education, Net Support
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Schools teach and care. We ought to value both
The return to school without exams presents a golden opportunity for schools to practise what they value, write Rebecca Boomer-Clark and...
REBECCA BOOMER-CLARK* and JAKE CURTIS**
*director of academies, Ark, and trustee, Jamie’s Farm and **deputy CEO, Jamie’s Farm
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Once open, schools must stay open for good
This lockdown has been a nightmare. The government must throw everything at making sure schools stay open, writes Qais Hussain The...
QAIS HUSSAIN
year 12 student, St Mary’s Menston Catholic Voluntary Academy, Leeds
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Boris Johnson’s ‘big bang’ is a big risk
The prime minister’s decision for a ‘big bang’ full reopening on 8 March makes no sense, writes Mary Bousted Throughout this...
MARY BOUSTED
joint general secretary, National Education Union
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Can you really find research to back up any opinion?
Counter-intuitively perhaps, being research-informed does not negate engaging in debate. Cat Scutt explains why The Chartered College of Teaching has recently...
CAT SCUTT
director of education and research, Chartered College of Teaching
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Why we shouldn’t rush to scrap GCSEs in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic
We need a debate about the future of education post-Covid-19, but that shouldn’t mean a rush to abolish things like GCSEs,...
TIM OATES
Group director of assessment research and development, Cambridge Assessment
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