Opinion

There is only one clear path to reopening schools

Letting our hopes of returning to school get the better of our reasoning about doing it safely only risks...

JL Dutaut
MARY BOUSTED
Opinion

Transforming teacher performance management is within reach

This year’s demise of public exams is forcing a rethink on teacher appraisal and could transform performance management for...

JL Dutaut
DAVID WESTON* AND IAN CAMPBELL**
Opinion

Supporting parent-teachers: five lessons from home schooling

Colin Diamond sets out five lessons from home schooling to help schools support parents to be the best teachers...

JL Dutaut
COLIN DIAMOND, CBE
Opinion

A seven-step plan to reopen schools

Despite the inexorable tragedy of the daily death toll and the awful misery that COVID-19 brings, the sacrifices of our...

John Dickens
HAMID PATEL
Opinion

Home learning: STEM projects could benefit children, families and schools

Keeping students engaged in STEM while schools are shut presents unique challenges. To solve those, Jane Dowden says project-based...

JL Dutaut
JANE DOWDEN
Opinion

A level grades could prejudice university admissions

The most disadvantaged students could lose their hard-won offers from competitive institutions if universities are content to rely on...

JL Dutaut
JANE CAHILL
Opinion

Pause reforms that are putting teacher training at higher risk

Teacher training is already facing severe challenges because of COVID-19 and reforms due to be implemented this year threaten...

JL Dutaut
PROFESSOR DAVID SPENDLOVE
Opinion

School closures are a catalyst for much-needed reform

Closures have revealed the inadequacies of our school system and are causing us to rethink what we value. Are...

JL Dutaut
ALICE BARNARD
Opinion

Adversity alone doesn’t build character, but teachers can

Schools provide much more than academic learning, and home education shouldn’t mean students miss out on the important aspect...

JL Dutaut
RACHAEL HUNTER