Assessment

We need a broad and balanced assessment system too

Digital technologies can improve the assessment of educational outcomes, writes Rachel Macfarlane, but we must go further than simply...

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Rachel Macfarlane
Opinion: Curriculum

Diversifying curriculum is everyone’s job now, not in 2024

The DfE’s planned model history curriculum is a welcome response to issues of racial representation, writes Abid Butt, but...

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Abid Butt
Edtech

Schools face a financial tsunami and another edtech revolution

An ill-conceived Covid response has left schools financially exposed and unprepared to adapt to technological advances, writes Richard Taylor

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Richard Taylor
Social mobility

Social mobility: Why Birbalsingh is right and what to do about it

Social mobility policy is often focused on rags-to-riches stories, says Loic Menzies, but there’s plenty ministers can do to...

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Loic Menzies
The Knowledge

How can we judge the impact of coaching in schools?

For all the buzz about coaching, until now there has been little by way of measuring its effects in...

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Rachel Lofthouse
Worforce

The seven stages of losing your work buddy

Teachers everywhere are feeling a sense of loss as a valued colleague's departure looms, so Gavin Simpson and Natasha...

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Gavin Simpson and Natasha Lawrence
Social care

Why schools are vital to children’s social care reform

The statistics are stark and it's clear schools alone can't solve the problems, writes Ed Reza Schwitzer, but they...

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Ed Reza Schwitzer
Covid

Making practical sense of Covid learning loss research

New data on learning loss is helpful, write Joan Mill and Jon Andrews, but our accompanying resources could make...

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Joan Mill and Jon Andrews
School food

Government food strategy: A disappointment but not the end

The government has chosen to ignore clear recommendations and excellent practice, writes Stephanie Slater, but the issue of school...

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Stephanie Slater