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Soft skills can’t be taught… but they can be learned

The current education secretary, Nicky Morgan, has been on a drive recently to promote ‘character education’. Adding the teaching…

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‘If I were education secretary…’

Integrating private schools would bring down the Berlin Wall that grossly favours the 7 per cent on one side…

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Too much toe? – The peril of sandals in the classrooms

Nancy Gedge knows that summer brings tough clothing decisions – especially for women. And what sort of shoe is…

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Free schools: what to ask

Labour’s views are based on a reality that has long dissolved; free schools are no longer for white middle-class…

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Nicky Phillips
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‘If I were education secretary…’

I would ask to stay in my job for the rest of the government’s term and in that time…

Debra Kidd
Debra Kidd
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‘If I were education secretary…’

Secondary education is too exam-focused. There is also too much specialisation too early (after GCSE), too little variety between…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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‘If I were education secretary…’

Differences between children’s performance at school are not just due to differences in parenting and home life or differences…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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If we can’t take politics out of education, can we at least minimise it?

“Get politics out of education” is a heartfelt cry heard in many forms. But can it work? A general…

Russell Hobby
Russell Hobby
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Why do secondary pupils pick easier reading books than primary pupils?

James Bell, Director of Professional Services at Renaissance Learning, discusses the challenges of the secondary transfer and the impact…

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