Opinion “Nicky Morgan & The Narrative of Success (If Few Policies)”: Day Two Conservative Conference Round-UpLabelling new education secretary, Nicky Morgan, as ‘continuity Gove’, initially seemed a smart move by Labour. But her Conservative…Laura McInerney 7yLaura McInerney 7yOpinion Morgan’s Priorities & No-Thunder Boles: Day One Round-Up of Conservative ConferenceThe prevailing view among political commentators is that education isn’t a major issue for this election. If that’s true,…Laura McInerney 7yLaura McInerney 7yOpinion Heading up a board is serious businessHeadteacher boards, the first attempt to move power to the regions, deserve the support of school leaders eadteacher boards…Nicky Phillips 7yNicky Phillips 7y Opinion Federations should not be swept under the MATMulti-academy trusts are on everybody’s lips, but don’t dismiss the federation option In an era of increasing school autonomy…Emma Knights 7yEmma Knights 7yOpinion The advantages of scaleHaving co-authored a new report suggesting performance would improve if the government let every primary school spin out from…Nicky Phillips 7yNicky Phillips 7yOpinion Right Angles: More than one angle on wearing the niqabA student sent home for flouting uniform code is not exactly a hard-hitting story. But in a case this…Nicky Phillips 7yNicky Phillips 7yOpinion Conservative Party Conference previewEach week during the political conference season we will be inviting a commentator to give their views on what…Nicky Phillips 7yNicky Phillips 7yOpinion Hunt’s Fight Back : Day 2 Roundup of Labour ConferenceWhere yesterday’s conference speeches from shadow education secretary, Tristram Hunt felt like an imbalanced half of a football game;…Nicky Phillips 7yNicky Phillips 7yOpinion New ways of finding free school properties are needed urgentlyAs new free schools are due to open this month, some have opened in temporary accommodation and others have…Nicky Phillips 7yNicky Phillips 7yNewer1182183184185186187188OlderMust ReadResearch Research: How can we improve our relationships with students?Three studies point to some strategies with the potential to build better rapport with students and improve their results…JL Dutaut 12hHARRY FLETCHER-WOOD 12hDiversity, National Curriculum Time for DfE leadership on diversifying the curriculumIt won’t do to say schools are free to diversify their content when workload and accountability make it impossible,…JL Dutaut 12hEMMA SLATER 12hFlexible working, Recruitment and retention Why leave teachers out of the flexible working revolution?Giving teachers the flexible working options everyone else now expects could stem an exodus, writes Emma Shingleton, and even…JL Dutaut 1dEMMA SHINGLETON 1dITTITT ITT Market Review: making good on a promising policyMany objections to the ITT market review are simply incorrect, writes Sam Sims. But delivering on its promise will…JL Dutaut 3wDR SAM SIMS 3wITT How can we get schools to offer more ITT placements?The government wants schools more involved in initial teacher training, but how can we encourage them to offer more…Freddie Whittaker 2moJACK WORTH 2moMore on this themeEXAMSExams To be fair, we can do better than examsMinisters’ clamour to return to our pre-pandemic exams system is founded on an impoverished idea of fairness, writes Jo-Anne…JL Dutaut 2moJO-ANNE BAIRD 2moExams Next year’s exams could be statistically contentious if we don’t act nowClear conversations about next year’s exams are needed right away, writes Sharon Witherspoon The last two years have been…Jess Staufenberg 2moSharon Witherspoon 2moMore on this theme Have something to say?We’re always keen to hear from new voices. If you’ve got an opinion you want to share with the education community why not job facebook twitter linkedin Comment on articles and contentGet in touchSend your pitch to our commissioning editor.Email
