Exams head us back to normality. Now for league tables Ofqual is ensuring students get the exams they want in the fairest way possible, writes Gareth Stevens, but schools are still being let off the hook
How can schools narrow the disadvantage gap? Regardless of support to deliver the ‘levelling up’ agenda, it’s every school’s mission – and research provides useful best bets, writes Nick Wood
What a surprise: teachers are in the firing line again Simple solutions were available, writes Vic Goddard. Instead, we have complex and confused exam mitigations that could compound Covid’s unequal effects
Research ethics need a new responsibility to teachers Researchers’ lack of ethical responsibility to teachers wastes effort and harms pupils, writes Thomas Martell. So what are we waiting for to change it?
Elite sixth forms? Let’s focus on the really big problems Let’s start ‘levelling up’ by properly funding existing sixth forms, writes James Handscombe, then we can worry about other bigger problems than the top 3 per cent
Primary targets make levelling up mission: improbable Dizzyingly ambitious targets backed only by business-as-usual solutions show up the ‘levelling up’ proposals as hollow and evasive, writes Jo Hutchinson
How is the cost of living crisis affecting teachers and schools? Iain Ford sets out what we know about the state of teachers’ finances – and what the rising cost of living might mean for recruitment and retention
What can we learn from former education secretaries? After interviewing nine former holders of education’s top job, Ed Dorrell warns the sector to be careful what they wish for when it comes to policy making
Talent is everywhere, opportunity is not The government’s new policies will allow every child to benefit from education, no matter where they live, says Robin Walker