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The Chartered College of Teaching keeps 175 years of tradition alive

In the face of political and social upheavals, the teaching profession needs the Chartered College more than ever, writes…

JL Dutaut
RICHARD WILLIS
The Knowledge

Research: How to ensure more disadvantaged students succeed

Rebecca Wheater looks at a new PISA 2018 analysis that sheds light on the conditions for disadvantaged pupil’s academic…

JL Dutaut
REBECCA WHEATER
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
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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…

JL Dutaut
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

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Teachers need support to defend diversity from far-right attacks

As the prime minister has affirmed, we will not surrender our flag. Nor will we surrender our future to…

Freddie Whittaker
Dr Nikos Savvas
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You can’t build inclusion on calming spaces alone

Space is not the same as capacity. It’s a key difference that matters, writes Dr Nic Crossley

Freddie Whittaker
Dr Nic Crossley
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How note-taking and AI reading aids could work together to support learning

If designed and used carefully, perhaps AI need not replace or diminish established learning practices, but can instead complement…

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Dr Jake Hofman

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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
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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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University clearing: How teachers can support students 

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

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Sam Sykes
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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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