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What have we learned about moving education online?

After the initial buzz of moving our curriculum online, the new lockdown is slowly revealing the pedagogical approaches we…

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Language teaching will suffer the loss of Erasmus

The programme’s impact on language teaching has been phenomenal and the new Turing scheme will have big shoes to…

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Testing times

Emma Marshall opens her lockdown diary to reveal hope for young people’s futures amid testing times for schools

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Plotting a ten-year course is the sensible response to Covid

A ten-year education plan like Blackpool’s is precisely the kind of policymaking our communities need and deserve, writes Frank…

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FRANK NORRIS
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We must secure education technology’s great leap forward

Education technology has taken great strides in the past year. Now the legacy of its impact must be secured…

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Our assessment system contributes to poor mental health

There is plenty of inspiration to draw on worldwide if we seek to reform our assessment system – as…

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OLLY NEWTON
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How can teachers’ learning contribute to better inclusion?

Inclusion is a constant teacher priority and our research shows some forms of professional learning foster more effective approaches…

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Discrimination against BAME school business professionals is nothing new

A new report into diversity among school business professionals (SBPs) offers new insights into this under-researched workforce, writes Sandy…

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Vax on. Vax off.

Ian Thorssteinsson opens his lockdown diary to reveal it’s been another week of resilience-building in education leadership

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Boards are too critical to only think about when crises hit

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Schools need to end the silence and stigma over infertility

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University clearing: How teachers can support students 

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Are we asking the right questions on assessment?

A new AQA report proposes new assessment models for the millions left lacking critical skills by the current format

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