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Should we grade soft skills, Japan-style?

Will Millard recently visited Japan, where schools assess pupils’ curiosity and confidence. Can it help the UK, he asks...

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How can we better prepare students for university?

The narrow A-level curriculum is leaving more and more new undergraduates unable to cope with the rigours of university,...

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Don’t jump to conclusions on teacher peer observation

A recent study on the effects of peer observation found it made no difference, but there may be a...

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WISE 2017 – Learning to embrace technology in the classroom

Former headteacher and author Tom Sherrington meets former principal and author Eric Sheninger at the World Innovation Summit for...

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£600 maths premium ≠ more maths A-levels

The government’s policy to pay schools to get more pupils studying maths is misguided, argues Luke Sibieta – why...

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The budget won’t help us – so what now?

With no new funding for schools or young people, the chancellor’s 2017 autumn budget clearly doesn’t have the future...

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What will the 2017 autumn budget have in store for schools?

Recent estimates on the health of public finances have been better than expected indeed July this year witnessed the...

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Six steps to create good volunteering programmes

In preparation for #Iwillweek, Professor Tristram Hooley discusses the evidence on young people’s volunteering Young people are motivated by...

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Performance-related pay will solve teacher retention crisis

To keep talented teachers from quitting, you have to pay them according to how well they do, says Lee...

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