The Knowledge

How can we build back better arts education?

A new research project demonstrates the value of bringing artists and teachers together and tries to bridge the gulf...

JL Dutaut
TOM DOBSON AND LISA STEPHENSON
Opinion

It’s time to rethink our monochrome remembrance school traditions

We seem to be reaching ‘peak red poppy’, writes Will Yates, and diversifying our symbolism could be key to...

JL Dutaut
WILL YATES
Apprenticeships

Apprenticeships are key to unlocking our science superpower

Schools must value and recommend apprenticeships if we are ever to become a ‘science superpower’, writes Jo Foster

JL Dutaut
JO FOSTER
Opinion

How to manage reputational risk in a digital era

As more schools are forced to deal with online criticism, Emma Yates and Peter Davenport set out how to...

JL Dutaut
EMMA YATES AND PETER DAVENPORT
Opinion: Accountability

The error in claiming an Ofsted ‘reign of terror’

These challenging times are not a reason to fear inspectors but an opportunity to seek their validation of our...

JL Dutaut
MOHSEN OJJA
Climate change

How to tackle climate uncertainty without the anxiety

It’s possible to teach climate change without adding to student anxieties, teacher workload or accountability stakes, write Rebecca Webb...

JL Dutaut
REBECCA WEBB AND PERPETUA KIRBY
Climate change

The education for sustainability teachers and students really want

Teachers and young people want their schools to be leaders in sustainability, write Lynda Dunlop and Elizabeth Rushton, and...

JL Dutaut
LYNDA DUNLOP AND ELIZABETH RUSHTON
The Knowledge

How can we make best use of the pupil premium for recovery?

Professor Becky Francis sets out the benefits of using the EEF's updated guide to target pupil premium spending and...

JL Dutaut
BECKY FRANCIS
Covid

Year 8 writing recovery shows it may be time to talk about learning decay, not loss

Last year we found year 7s were 22 months behind in writing. Now they appear to be bouncing back

Freddie Whittaker
DAISY CHRISTODOULOU