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STEM

Four ways to tackle inequalities in science

Monique Darrell sets out her top tips for overcoming persistent barriers that hold certain groups back from success in…

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Monique Darrell

Opinion: Sustainability

Sustainability: Cutting red meat will make schools greener

Saving the planet may feel like one job too many but cutting red meat from meals could have a…

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Thomas Martell

ChatGPT

ChatGPT: How to guard against AI-generated essays

We should worry less about students using AI to cheat the system and more about a system that can…

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Yvonne Williams

Social mobility

Why I’m leaving the social mobility commission

It’s been a successful year and I leave the team in great shape – but my presence is only…

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Katharine Birbalsingh

Numeracy

Maths to 18 for all means rethinking maths altogether

The PM’s maths proposal has rightly been met with cynicism but it does present an opportunity to rethink our…

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Mark Boylan

Community

School networks are vital to community safety

Schools can’t provide everything children and families need to meet this crisis – but they can act as vital…

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Christine Stansfield

Opinion

To parents, thriving children are more important than the academies debate

‘Most of the parents we spoke to were not only uninterested, but frankly unaware of what academisation means’

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Meg Price

Mental health

Mental health: How schools are mitigating poverty

Schools are increasingly mitigating the effects of poverty to safeguard children’s wellbeing and learning, writes Kate Richardson

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Kate Richardson

Christmas

A Christmas mission from GCHQ

Schools Week brings you a classroom activity for your pupils from GCHQ, with love

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Must Read

Opinion: Edtech

AI bias poses serious risks for learners with SEND

The promise of personalised learning masks very real risks that demand careful attention from educators and policymakers

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Michael Finlay

Opinion: Curriculum

What teachers want from a reformed English GCSE

The dialogue surrounding curriculum reform in England, particularly within GCSE English, remains as essential as ever. Recent insights from…

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Leandri Dannhauser

Opinion: Teaching Commission

Here’s how we can finally begin to fix the teacher supply crisis

If we’re going to hang on to more of them, then teachers need a better deal than summer respite…

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Baroness Mary Bousted

ITT

Degree apprenticeships are key to increasing and diversifying recruitment

Work to deliver the new qualification should continue at pace to meet recruitment challenges by making teaching more accessible,…

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Melanie Renowden

ITT

ITT: Which is the odd one out?

The deeply flawed ITT reforms are a threat to sustainable teacher supply for purely ideological purposes, writes David Spendlove

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David Spendlove

EXAMS

Exams

How sitting an exam re-affirmed my respect for our students

I still believe exams to be the best way of testing academic knowledge and understanding but they’re no bagatelle,…

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James Handscombe

Exams

The number of penalties handed out to students caught cheating has risen for a second year

The stereotype that could be feeding exam anxiety

The ‘snowflake’ stereotype is damaging and unjustified, but a more pervasive idea may be perpetuating exam anxiety, says Stephen…

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Stephen Caldwell

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