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Some images of injustice are hard to erase

Some images are hard to shake. Year 6s crying for fear they will “fail” their primary tests. Year 11s…

Laura McInerney

Opinion

The NCTL was created in a rush and it’s time to reform it

The NCTL was created in a rush and it’s time to reform it, structurally and operationally, argues Andrew Faux…

Expert Contributor

Opinion

NCTL processes are robust but must be applied correctly

The NCTL’s procedures are robust and rigorous, says James Lynas, but it needs sufficient numbers of properly trained staff…

Expert Contributor

Opinion

Giving UTCs a lifeline through the free school model

UTCs face a big challenge in that the English school system isn’t set up for recruitment at 14, but there are ways…

Expert Contributor

Opinion

Leadership of school leadership is a white male preserve

The new board of the Foundation for Leadership in Education is all white and nearly all male – a…

Expert Contributor

Opinion

How the Tories made a hash of school breakfasts

When Labour’s shadow minister for terrible live interview, Diane Abbott, made an error on national radio about the cost…

Laura McInerney

Opinion

How do the education manifestos stack up?

Jon Andrews looks at how each of the three main parties proposes to tackle some of the main challenges…

Expert Contributor

Opinion

Less rhetoric, more funding for schools, please

The Conservative manifesto talks about governing from the mainstream, but its education policies hardly match the rhetoric, claims Kiran…

Kiran Gill

Opinion

3 things I learned about social mobility

Participation in higher education from young people in disadvantaged groups is greater than ever – but is this the…

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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…

JL Dutaut

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…

JL Dutaut

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

JL Dutaut

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,…

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

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

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…

JL Dutaut

Stephen Caldwell

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