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Governors are the unsung heroes of the school system

Unpaid volunteers, school governors are now often giving up as many 20 full days a year to make sure...

Emma Knights
EMMA KNIGHTS
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Banning the hijab in schools is a liberal act

Banning the hijab is actually a liberal act, suggests Dr Alka Sehgal Cuthbert I consider myself a liberal. For...

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DR ALKA SEHGAL CUTHBERT
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How to close the vocabulary gap in the classroom

Building children’s vocabularies opens doors to harder, more rewarding curriculums and lifelong learning, writes Alex Quigley, but it needs...

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ALEX QUIGLEY
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Schools need more protection against vexatious complaints

There may not be many of them, but one or two unreasonable parents can make running a school very...

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RUSSELL HOLLAND
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The OECD’s PISA gender reporting reinforces unhelpful stereotypes

The OECD’s analysis of the gender gaps in education simply regurgitates centuries of educational bias, and it’s wrong, writes...

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Markus Meier
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Are police officers in schools a force for good?

Hundreds of police officers are now based in schools but we don’t know enough about the work they do,...

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Dr AMANDA HENSHALL
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Schools Week is changing: we’re going digital first

I’d like to tell you about some changes we’re making to Schools Week, coming into effect in June. Since the newspaper’s launch...

Shane Mann
Shane Mann
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What are the routes to opening new VA schools?

To open a new school three things are needed: a proposer, permission, and capital funding, explains Simon Foulkes The...

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Without a foundation in fact, oracy isn’t sufficient

Of course pupils need to learn to express themselves, says John Blake, but the fact is that without a...

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