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Opinion

Keyboard commentators should think before they type

Nobody’s asking anyone to clap for teachers but their incredible efforts to reinvent school deserve better than uninformed public…

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PAUL WHITEMAN

Opinion

After lockdown, an opportunity for something even better than before

Rebuilding a culture of learning after lockdown will take intentional action, writes Peps Mccrea. Here are four key considerations…

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PEPS MCCREA

The Knowledge

Research: Why do students value science but not want to be scientists?

With recruitment shortages and issues of representation still dogging the STEM professions, Louise Archer looks at the interventions most…

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LOUISE ARCHER

The lockdown diary

A week in the life of Jonny Uttley

In the first of our new series following the impacts of lockdown on the personal and professional lives of…

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JONNY UTTLEY

Opinion

We should be angry for our communities, not at them

More schools are being asked to be emergency responders in the Covid-19 crisis, but that’s been the norm at…

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GERRY ROBINSON

Opinion

The revolution will not be memorised

Tom Bennett is underwhelmed by a hotch-potch of futurist platitudes in the first episode of Alex Beard’s The Learning…

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TOM BENNETT

Opinion

After COVID-19, we must finally remember the forgotten third

The pandemic has forced us to reinvent how we award grades but far more fundamental questions about our exam…

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ROY BLATCHFORD

Opinion

More action is required quickly for thousands of ‘invisible’ children

Schools are doing an amazing job for the nation’s vulnerable children but many are invisible and government needs to…

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LAYLA MORAN, MP

Opinion: Legal

Analysis: can exam invigilators be furloughed?

Questions remain over whether exam invigilators can be furloughed under the Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS). Phillip Reynolds…

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Phillip Reynolds* and Louise Brenlund**

Must Read

Opinion: Edtech

AI bias poses serious risks for learners with SEND

The promise of personalised learning masks very real risks that demand careful attention from educators and policymakers

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Michael Finlay

Opinion: Curriculum

What teachers want from a reformed English GCSE

The dialogue surrounding curriculum reform in England, particularly within GCSE English, remains as essential as ever. Recent insights from…

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Leandri Dannhauser

Opinion: Teaching Commission

Here’s how we can finally begin to fix the teacher supply crisis

If we’re going to hang on to more of them, then teachers need a better deal than summer respite…

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Baroness Mary Bousted

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,…

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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

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David Spendlove

EXAMS

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,…

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James Handscombe

Exams

The number of penalties handed out to students caught cheating has risen for a second year

The stereotype that could be feeding exam anxiety

The ‘snowflake’ stereotype is damaging and unjustified, but a more pervasive idea may be perpetuating exam anxiety, says Stephen…

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Stephen Caldwell

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