Opinion: Leadership

The Israel and Gaza war is straining discourse in our schools

Teachers need urgent help to address the war in Israel and Gaza and its impact on relations in classrooms,…

JL Dutaut
Stuart Foster and Andy Pearce
The Knowledge

How can maths and science teachers get the most out of edtech?

Key findings from an NFER rapid literature review on implementing edtech effectively in maths and science classrooms

JL Dutaut
Lillian Flemons
The Knowledge
mental health support teams in schools are too narrowly focused on milder issues, a new report has said

How has children’s mental health changed in the past year?

New prevalence figures show the post-pandemic surge in young people’s mental health issues hasn’t abated

JL Dutaut
Whitney Crenna-Jennings and Allen Joseph
Opinion: Sustainability

A school food revolution for pupils starts with us

Students have ants in their pants about sustainability – and there’s plenty we can do on food before putting…

JL Dutaut
Peter Addison-Child
Opinion: Attendance

How small changes can make a big impact on attendance

Focusing on the interactions every student experiences could transform how the most persistently absent feel about school

JL Dutaut
Shaun Brown
Opinion: Policy

Free schools proved the power of innovation. We need more of it

The greatest impact of the free schools programme was embodying a spirit of innovation that our system needs more…

JL Dutaut
Hilary Spencer and Carly Mitchell
Opinion: Leadership

The quiet crisis facing education’s governance heroes

A new NGA report reveals an urgent need to rethink governance remits – especially exclusions

JL Dutaut
Sam Henson
Opinion: Leadership

Identities can bring us together instead of stoking culture wars

Andy Hargreaves explores how the politics if identity can be a force for good if we can escape the…

JL Dutaut
Andy Hargreaves
Opinion: Policy

Thirteen years of free schools: Five lessons for policymakers

Policymakers on all sides must learn the lessons of the free schools programme and commit to its innovative approach…

JL Dutaut
David Ross

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Opinion: Solutions
mental health

How to mitigate disadvantage in the classroom

We must get under the bonnet of disadvantage as it applies to individuals to have any chance of mitigating…

JL Dutaut
Finola Wilson
Opinion: Workforce

The sector has taken another big step in parent-teacher support

Developments at the National Education Union’s conference give hope that we may soon stem the flow of parents out…

JL Dutaut
Emma Sheppard
Opinion: Accountability

How Ofsted can ensure inclusion and equity go hand in hand

Ofsted must ensure its new framework for inclusion is applied consistently and fairly in every school

JL Dutaut
Lee Elliot Major

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

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David Spendlove
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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…

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Stephen Caldwell
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