Opinion

Put down your mobile phones and learn poetry

At a time when so many youngsters are glued to their Xboxes and mobile phones, communicating by grunts, emojis…

John Dickens
GYLES BRANDRETH
Opinion

Recognising success boosts students’ confidence

Students are more likely to commit to a task if they are confident that they can complete it successfully….

Freddie Whittaker
HARRY FLETCHER-WOOD
Opinion

How you can dampen the effects of publication bias

Too much research literature is skewed towards positive representations, says Baz Ramaiah Imagine that you’re planning a holiday. A…

Freddie Whittaker
BAZ RAMAIAH
Opinion

What makes some schools stand out

What we can we learn from exceptional schools, and how can they support and challenge each other to improve….

Freddie Whittaker
DR JOSEPHINE VALENTINE
Opinion

It’s easy. You too can be a graduate school

A ruling by the Advertising Standards Authority will allow many more organisations to use the title “graduate school”, explains…

Freddie Whittaker
VIV ELLIS
Opinion

Government efforts to reduce teacher workload have failed – it’s getting worse!

Today’s release of the OECD’s five-yearly TALIS survey of teachers and leaders is a chance to confront reality. The…

John Dickens
JAMES ZUCCOLLO
Opinion

The importance of early language development

Many conversations in education these days seem to come back to the idea of early language development as fundamental…

Expert Contributor
TAMMY ELWARD
Opinion

We must equip youngsters for increasingly rapid change

Why are we educating the young for the low-paid, low-productivity present, instead of the workplace challenges of the future?…

Evie Hayes
BARONESS ESTELLE MORRIS and LORD DAVID BLUNKETT
Opinion

6 ways trusts can boost teacher retention

Crunching the data from seven years of School Workforce Census let us identify the best ways that trusts can…

Expert Contributor
SIR DAVID CARTER

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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

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
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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
Sam Sykes
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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