Opinion

New year’s revolutions

Dan Morrow opens his lockdown diary to document another topsy-turvy week in education leadership

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DAN MORROW
Opinion

Our media are making the hardest of situations harder

The venom habitually directed at the teaching profession by the media commentariat has plumbed new lows during the lockdowns,…

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SARAH GALLAGHER
Opinion

School improvement doesn’t come in a flat-pack

We’ll only get sustained school improvement when we start to treat teachers and school leaders as masters of their…

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CHRIS KIRKHAM-KNOWLES
Opinion

Could education research be leading the profession astray?

Applying metascientific methods to education research reveals some worrying biases but simple steps can help us navigate our way…

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BAZ RAMAIAH
Opinion

The 2020 ‘holidays’

The lockdown diary is back and this term’s first instalment catalogues the cluster-farce that led to its announcement

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JONATHAN MOUNTSTEVENS
Opinion

Repeated omission of special schools points to an ableist department

Special schools could be forgiven for thinking the department is ableist given that they are routinely treated as less…

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DR LAURAN DOAK
Assessment
cancelled exams

Cancelling exams is the wrong decision. They should be reinstated

Far from the worst thing the DfE could do, changing its mind and reinstating exams would be the best…

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STUART LOCK
Opinion
levelling up opportunity areas

These closures are testament to a failed government strategy

The prime minister sounded an optimistic note tonight but it will take a lot more to alleviate our fears…

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MARY BOUSTED
Opinion

Five Top Tips for Blended Learning

As a new term begins and mixed provision looks likely to continue to be the norm, Helen Newies shares…

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HELEN NEWIES

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SEND reforms are a chance to change what we mean by ‘standards’

Let’s be clear about what ‘exceptional’ means now. Exceptional is a school where disadvantaged pupils thrive, not just attend

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DfE should support struggling private schools to become academies

A targeted approach could help provide a high-quality state-funded education to pupils from a wide range of backgrounds

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SEND reforms must strengthen legal foundations, not weaken them

Ministers themselves acknowledge that families have endured too much for too long. That is precisely why legal safeguards matter

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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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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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