Opinion: Policy

Government must check its sums on maths investment

Maths equals growth, and the government’s strategy must better reflect this reality

JL Dutaut
Simon Coyle
The Knowledge

How are school leaders navigating the AI revolution?

A new school leaders’ survey shows how schools are using AI to tackle challenges, but also reveals a major…

JL Dutaut
Claire Archibald
The Curriculum Conversation

A ‘capability’ approach should underpin a new curriculum vision

A model informed by a Nobel prize-winning economist offers a way to overcome knowledge vs skills and make curriculum…

JL Dutaut
Richard Bustin
Opinion: Politics

Phillipson must unite ministers and teachers on school standards 

Needless division between ministers and the sector threaten the government’s agenda. Here’s how to get past it

JL Dutaut
Avnee Morjaria
Opinion: Policy

The schools bill must do more on pupil movement oversight

Proposals to better monitor pupil movements are welcome, but we must identify schools where the practice is common and…

JL Dutaut
Edward Timpson
Opinion: Policy

We can’t close the disadvantage gap if we don’t know what drives it

The current index measure isn’t fit to inform policy and makes government accountability all but impossible

JL Dutaut
Jude Hillary
Opinion: Accountability

What way to better inspections? Consult our A to Z

Our alternative consultation on school inspection reform aims to map out a better route to a better destination than…

JL Dutaut
Colin Richards and Frank Norris
Opinion: SEND

Ten principles on which to build a new SEND system

Confederation of School Trust chief executive Leora Cruddas CBE sets out guiding principles for a reset of how we…

JL Dutaut
Leora Cruddas
Opinion: Curriculum review

The reforms our pro-maths students actually need

We need a new approach to maths that better supports those the subject currently leaves behind

JL Dutaut
Jill Duffy

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Work to deliver the new qualification should continue at pace to meet recruitment challenges by making teaching more accessible,…

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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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