Opinion | Schools Week

Racism

Why I’m asking white teachers to start talking about race

We won’t tackle the deep inequalities that still keep educators of colour out of leadership until white teachers and…

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Viv Grant

Climate change

Net zero won’t be met without new rules on capital investment

The vast school estate can’t be upgraded to meet student needs and net zero targets because its custodians are…

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Tim Warneford

Climate change

Climate Change: Curriculum must face the inconvenient truth

This week’s ‘final warning’ to avoid catastrophic climate change means school and trust leaders must stop kicking the can…

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Mike Ion

The Knowledge

How can local CPD quality be assured in a world of MATs?

New research into ‘local learning landscapes’ for CPD reveals fragmented arrangements but also how to enhance coherence, quality and…

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Toby Greany

Opinion: Solutions

How trusts can operate at scale over distance

An increase in multi-academy trusts spanning multiple regions means we need to develop new ways to deliver school improvement,…

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Rebekah Ramsden and Jo Myhill-Johnson

The Knowledge

How can peer review best serve school improvement?

The EEF’s review of Education Development Trust’s Schools Partnership Programme validates the potential of systematic peer review, explains Anna…

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Anna Searle

Design and technology

Design and technology reform: A hostile takeover disguised as philanthropy

Pearson’s plans for design and technology reform shows why there’s an issue with private companies and curriculum design, says…

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Alison Hardy

Opinion: Workforce

RE recruitment woe is a societal problem – but not like many think

Census data showing Britain becoming a more secular society are no excuse to lose everything RE has to offer…

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Bushra Nasir

Opinion: Accountability

Why we’ve ditched the grades from SIAMS inspections

Margaret James explains the decision to remove grades from the SIAMS inspection framework in a move described as ‘radically…

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Margaret James

Must Read

Opinion: Policy

The House of Lords must protect academy freedoms

Hopes lie with peers that they can prevent the worst of this bill’s foreseeable consequences – and its…

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Meg Powell-Chandler

Opinion: Solutions

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…

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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…

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Emma Sheppard

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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