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Education reform: How to take back control of schools from government

“The power of the Crown has increased, is increasing and ought to be diminished.” John Dunning, motion in Parliament,…

Expert Contributor

Opinion

Ensuring more women progress into education leadership

A 2008 McKinsey report highlighted that the most powerful force holding women back is entrenched beliefs. To address this, at…

Expert Contributor

Opinion

Schools must hold together even if everything else tears apart

It’s an odd week to go for a positive start. But I can’t do any more negativity. So here…

Laura McInerney

Opinion

Gove vs May: Why education will influence their leadership campaign

Former education secretary Michael Gove is running for Conservative Party leadership but editor Laura McInerney explains why education’s influence…

Laura McInerney

Opinion

How to make EAL pupils feel safer post-EU referendum

“Bye bye, you’re going home”: playground ‘banter’. “Leave the EU/No more Polish vermin”: anonymous leaflets left outside a primary…

Diane Leedham

Opinion

Could multi-academy trusts be a potential model for the good local authorities?

We’ve heard some local authorities are looking at setting up a multi-academy trust – could this be a potential…

Antony Power

Opinion

Exams may have got easier, but pupils have an appetite for hard questions

Exam question changes in the past two decades have often been made for clarity and “accessibility”, says Tim Oates….

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Opinion

The Education Secretary runs 70% of secondary schools – we’re stuffed if she’s now busy

So, here’s a problem: the education secretary is now directly responsible for around 4,000 English schools under the academy…

Laura McInerney

Opinion

Rewards, rather than punishments, help teenagers learn

What have you been working on? We used a combination of lab-based computer tasks and computational learning models to…

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Opinion: Edtech

The DfE’s new materials dangerously underplay AI’s risks

AI support materials published by the department last week effectively transfer responsibility for all of its risks onto schools

JL Dutaut

Dr Lucy Rycroft-Smith and Darren Macey

Opinion: Solutions

How to answer parents’ questions about dyslexia

Jamie Oliver’s new documentary is likely to spark questions from parents. These are likely to be the most common,…

JL Dutaut

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Sarah Scott

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Opinion: Policy

The schools bill must do more to support displaced children

Labour’s bill promises to deliver needed change for children not in school, but without amendments one vulnerable group could…

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Diana Sutton

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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