Diversifying literature? Talk to your librarian The school library is the perfect place to showcase and support initiatives to offer pupils a broader English literature curriculum, writes Danuta Zalega
Dismissal of research leaves us stuck in the reading wars Misinformed criticisms of our work show reconciliation of the reading wars is still some way off, write Alice Bradbury and Dominic Wyse, but we remain committed to it
Long-term destinations data could transform schools – and lives A new report shows the long-term data Ark are already using to guide students could be further enriched – with huge potential benefits, writes Sarah Taunton
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