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Greening’s taking education back to the 80s

This time last year, education was going back to the 1950s with grammar schools as the idea in vogue….

Laura McInerney

Opinion

Katie Hopkins is not a suitable speaker for schools

The ASCL recommendation that Katie Hopkins be allowed to speak in schools, as long as alternative views are presented,…

Expert Contributor

Opinion

How and when money matters in education

We shouldn’t just throw money at the system, says Luke Sibieta; we have to use it smartly. School funding…

Expert Contributor

Opinion

Ofsted is right about the knowledge-rich curriculum

The inspectorate doesn’t always get things right, says Mark Lehain, but its latest review is important Ofsted gets a lot…

Expert Contributor

Opinion

Is pushing the cadets really in pupils’ best interests?

Cadet units are not a social panacea but a recruitment tool, says Emma Sangster An interim report praising the…

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Opinion

All aboard the ‘Skills Revolution’! (Even you, Mr Gibb)

“The Conservative Party has got a major problem when its own secretary of state for education is on the…

Laura McInerney

Opinion

Will short inspections solve the Ofsted problem?

The watchdog’s new consultation on short inspections needed to be much further-reaching, says to Colin Richards Almost all schools…

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Opinion

What did the party conferences say about education?

Not all party conferences are created equally. Niamh Sweeney was at all three main ones, and discusses the many…

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Opinion

Teacher training deregulation doesn’t solve the supply crisis

Once again, DfE meddling is making teacher training harder to pull off, says Prof David Spendlove The new initial…

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The Knowledge

Are schools pushing views about race on their pupils?

Our new research shows some students’ free speech is being limited – but not in the ways some commentators…

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Professor Karl Kitching

Opinion: Politics

Continuity at the top is crucial to Labour’s opportunity mission

Talk of a reshuffle may have the education secretary’s detractors excited, but it would be bad news for a…

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Simon Kidwell

The Curriculum Conversation

The last thing history needs is more revolution

History teachers already have the tools to drive improvement. We mustn’t jeopardise that in the quest to modernise

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Michael Fordham

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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