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
Opinion

How to build sustained and sustainable remote learning

As schools’ attention naturally shifts from crisis management to establishing new norms, Giancarlo Brotto offers some insights on how...

JL Dutaut
Giancarlo Brotto
Opinion

Why this is not the time for large-scale educational experiments

At this time of rapid and dramatic change for teachers, the best solution is to keep calm and carry...

JL Dutaut
Professor Daniel Muijs* and Dr. Dominique Sluijsmans**
Opinion

Two weeks in, what does the new normal look like in schools?

Our research shows old inequalities persist and could get worse while new ones are emerging we didn’t suspect, writes...

JL Dutaut
BAZ RAMAIAH