Opinion

From courtroom to classroom…

Early last year, Joanne Crossley hung up her wig and joined Teach First at 46. It was a shock…

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Science capital can be built!

Researchers have identified “science capital” as a major factor they believe influences pupils’ decisions to study science at higher…

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

How schools should be preparing for GDPR

New data laws come into force next May; Theresa Kerr explains how to comply A lot of schools are…

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor


Opinion

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
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
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
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
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…

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
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
Laura McInerney

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Opinion

Teachers need support to defend diversity from far-right attacks

As the prime minister has affirmed, we will not surrender our flag. Nor will we surrender our future to…

Freddie Whittaker
Dr Nikos Savvas
Opinion

You can’t build inclusion on calming spaces alone

Space is not the same as capacity. It’s a key difference that matters, writes Dr Nic Crossley

Freddie Whittaker
Dr Nic Crossley
Opinion

How note-taking and AI reading aids could work together to support learning

If designed and used carefully, perhaps AI need not replace or diminish established learning practices, but can instead complement…

Freddie Whittaker
Dr Jake Hofman

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

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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