Opinion

Anti-racist dogma shouldn’t replace real curriculum thinking

A perfect storm of competing pressures threatens to shortcut critical thinking about curriculum, writes Alka Sehgal Cuthbert For some,…

JL Dutaut
ALKA SEGHAL-CUTHBERT
Opinion

Catch-up: follow Barrow’s lead on summer provision

It’s possible to deliver summer catch-up without burning out the teaching workforce. We’ve been doing it for years, writes…

JL Dutaut
JOHN WOODCOCK
Opinion
masks schools Covid

Reopening: Managing teachers’ reasonable objections

Jenny Arrowsmith sets out what school leaders need to know to properly manage staff’s reasonable concerns about returning next…

JL Dutaut
JENNY ARROWSMITH
Opinion

Three traps the edtech strategy must avoid at all costs

The Covid lockdowns have provided a golden opportunity for government to work out a well-thought-through strategy for edtech, writes…

JL Dutaut
MARK ANDERSON
Opinion

Can you really find research to back up any opinion?

Counter-intuitively perhaps, being research-informed does not negate engaging in debate. Cat Scutt explains why The Chartered College of Teaching…

JL Dutaut
CAT SCUTT
Opinion

Schools teach and care. We ought to value both

The return to school without exams presents a golden opportunity for schools to practise what they value, write Rebecca…

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REBECCA BOOMER-CLARK* and JAKE CURTIS**
Opinion

Once open, schools must stay open for good

This lockdown has been a nightmare. The government must throw everything at making sure schools stay open, writes Qais…

JL Dutaut
QAIS HUSSAIN
Opinion
catch-up

Boris Johnson’s ‘big bang’ is a big risk

The prime minister’s decision for a ‘big bang’ full reopening on 8 March makes no sense, writes Mary Bousted…

JL Dutaut
MARY BOUSTED
Opinion
BTECs

Why we shouldn’t rush to scrap GCSEs in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic

We need a debate about the future of education post-Covid-19, but that shouldn’t mean a rush to abolish things…

Freddie Whittaker
TIM OATES

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Labour’s first year

SEND: Hope still prevails, but Labour must learn to listen

Treating the specialist and alternative sectors as afterthoughts means ministers have missed chances to progress towards a more inclusive…

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Dr Nic Crossley
Opinion: Workforce

Why we’ve equalised parental pay – and the whole sector should too

There’s a raft of reasons why offering all parents the same parental leave benefits makes sense – for them…

JL Dutaut
Nicola Johnson
Opinion: SEND

How ministers can reduce EHCPs without limiting parents’ rights

As concern about planned SEND reforms grows among parents, here’s how Labour can reduce EHCP demand and reassure…

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Brahm Norwich

ITT

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
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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,…

JL Dutaut
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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