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
Opinion: Workforce
The Education Committee has heard from a panel of experts on how to solve specialist teacher shortages

We can and must make working in schools less toxic

Innovative solutions to the recruitment and retention crisis are emerging but the sector is not keeping pace

JL Dutaut
Penny Swain
The Knowledge

What makes for great primary science teaching?

A new EEF review signposts key considerations for teachers and school leaders

JL Dutaut
Michael J. Reiss
Opinion: Sustainability

A little-known opportunity for more sustainable schools

Working with housing developers could unlock ways to make school sustainability a local priority (and some funding too)

JL Dutaut
Tim Culpin
Opinion: Solutions

Six practices to retain disabled and neurodivergent staff

There is nothing inevitable about staff with needs and disabilities leaving the profession or choosing not to enter it

JL Dutaut
Jane Green
Opinion: Edtech

Why we’re thoughtfully optimistic about the place of GenAI in education

A year since ChatGPT, there are reasons to be optimistic about its careful implementation in education

JL Dutaut
Sharon Hague

Must Read

The Knowledge

Are schools pushing views about race on their pupils?

Our new research shows some students’ free speech is being limited – but not in the ways some commentators…

JL Dutaut
Professor Karl Kitching
Opinion: Politics

Continuity at the top is crucial to Labour’s opportunity mission

Talk of a reshuffle may have the education secretary’s detractors excited, but it would be bad news for a…

JL Dutaut
Simon Kidwell
The Curriculum Conversation

The last thing history needs is more revolution

History teachers already have the tools to drive improvement. We mustn’t jeopardise that in the quest to modernise

JL Dutaut
Michael Fordham

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
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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…

JL Dutaut
Stephen Caldwell
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