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Sexual abuse

Everyone’s Invited: Policies alone can’t solve the problems

The sector’s response to sexual harassment clearly requires improvement, but policies holding schools responsible for society’s ills won’t fix…

JL Dutaut

LUCY HARRIS

Opinion

Let’s consign grades to the educational graveyard

All awarding systems must discriminate but our grades discriminate in all the wrong ways, writes Dennis Sherwood Grades, grades,…

JL Dutaut

DENNIS SHERWOOD

Opinion

Local solutions are what will make music education thrive

A new curriculum and some central funding are welcome, but it’s local action that will ensure all children benefit…

JL Dutaut

MADELAINE CAPLIN

Opinion

Why reducing exclusions is a curriculum matter

A children’s consultation could be a game changer. But only if we’re ready to hear the truth about curriculum’s…

JL Dutaut

MEENA KUMARI WOOD

Opinion

Edtech’s success depends on demystifying AI

We can only prevent more ‘mutant algorithms’ and make edtech safe with a framework for the ethical use of…

JL Dutaut

ROSE LUCKIN

The Knowledge

Research: What factors affecting retention matter most to teachers?

Research has long shown what factors affect retention but not which matter more to teachers themselves, write Hui Lu…

JL Dutaut

HUI LU* and PETER BURGE**

Opinion

The real edtech revolution is yet to come

Computers are essential. Algorithms are the norm. But the true potential of the edtech revolution is in robotics, writes…

JL Dutaut

SAMER AL MOUBAYED

Opinion

The question is why MATs are so small, not why they’re so big

By almost any measure, multi-academy trusts are small organisations. Yet their benefits are many and accrue with size, writes…

JL Dutaut

SIR JON COLES

Opinion

A world-leading school system starts with supporting teachers

Better supporting teachers into and throughout their careers is central to reforms designed to make our schools the best…

JL Dutaut

NICK GIBB

Must Read

Curriculum

The curriculum review isn’t ‘dumbing down’ – it’s levelling up

Critics claiming the curriculum review ‘dumbs down’ Gove’s education reforms are way off the mark, says Sir Hamid Patel…

John Dickens

Sir Hamid Patel

Parental leave

Some schools have cracked parental leave – so why can’t everyone?

Education leaders must take note of a parliamentary debate last week on maternity and paternity pay, says Emma Sheppard

John Dickens

Emma Sheppard

Inclusion

Ofsted says identify children previously in care. But how?

Ofsted’s new focus will ensure children previously known to social care become more visible – but schools need better…

John Dickens

Kiran Gill

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,…

JL Dutaut

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

JL Dutaut

David Spendlove

EXAMS

Exams

University clearing: How teachers can support students

All the important details school staff need to help youngsters through clearing this year

John Dickens

3mo

Sam Sykes

3mo

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

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