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Opinion

A seven-step plan to reopen schools

Despite the inexorable tragedy of the daily death toll and the awful misery that COVID-19 brings, the sacrifices of our…

John Dickens

HAMID PATEL

Opinion

A level grades could prejudice university admissions

The most disadvantaged students could lose their hard-won offers from competitive institutions if universities are content to rely on…

JL Dutaut

JANE CAHILL

Opinion

Pause reforms that are putting teacher training at higher risk

Teacher training is already facing severe challenges because of COVID-19 and reforms due to be implemented this year threaten…

JL Dutaut

PROFESSOR DAVID SPENDLOVE

Opinion

School closures are a catalyst for much-needed reform

Closures have revealed the inadequacies of our school system and are causing us to rethink what we value. Are…

JL Dutaut

ALICE BARNARD

Opinion

Adversity alone doesn’t build character, but teachers can

Schools provide much more than academic learning, and home education shouldn’t mean students miss out on the important aspect…

JL Dutaut

RACHAEL HUNTER

Opinion

Two weeks in, what does the new normal look like in schools?

Our research shows old inequalities persist and could get worse while new ones are emerging we didn’t suspect, writes…

JL Dutaut

BAZ RAMAIAH

Opinion

Online learning success requires leaders to manage expectations

Faultlines are emerging in the home-based school system, but there are ways to protect families and teachers from the…

JL Dutaut

DR SARAH CHARLES

Opinion

Now more than ever what the education world needs is values

The school system finds itself in uncharted territory, but it has its moral compass to fall back on and…

JL Dutaut

HANNAH WILSON

Opinion

Why this is not the time for large-scale educational experiments

At this time of rapid and dramatic change for teachers, the best solution is to keep calm and carry…

JL Dutaut

Professor Daniel Muijs* and Dr. Dominique Sluijsmans**

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Curriculum

The curriculum review isn’t ‘dumbing down’ – it’s levelling up

Critics claiming the curriculum review ‘dumbs down’ Gove’s education reforms are way off the mark, says Sir Hamid Patel…

John Dickens

Sir Hamid Patel

Parental leave

Some schools have cracked parental leave – so why can’t everyone?

Education leaders must take note of a parliamentary debate last week on maternity and paternity pay, says Emma Sheppard

John Dickens

Emma Sheppard

Inclusion

Ofsted says identify children previously in care. But how?

Ofsted’s new focus will ensure children previously known to social care become more visible – but schools need better…

John Dickens

Kiran Gill

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,…

JL Dutaut

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

JL Dutaut

David Spendlove

EXAMS

Exams

University clearing: How teachers can support students

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

John Dickens

3mo

Sam Sykes

3mo

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,…

JL Dutaut

James Handscombe

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