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Jill Berry’s top blogs of the week 6 February 2017

Reviewer Jill Berry takes us through her top education blogs.   #TalkingHeads @chrishildrew First up this week is one of the Talking Heads series, an initiative started by new head Hannah Wilson that features serving heads whose advice and example may well inspire the next generation of school leaders. The heads reflect on questions such […]

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Unpaid DfE coaching scheme for women teachers criticised as ‘tick-box exercise’

A government scheme to encourage more women to become school leaders has been dubbed a “tick-box exercise” by those involved in the initiative. Launched by the Department for Education (DfE) and National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) nearly eight months ago, the scheme promised to link 1,000 women teachers with 1,000 coaches and school […]

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Is race the elephant in the staffroom?

Men at the recent WomenEd conference admitted they were scared to talk about gender. Are white people just as scared to talk about race, asks Cath Murray This week, Jon Chaloner writes a column for us about last weekend’s WomenEd “unconference”. One keynote event featured men: the HeforShe panel. There were eight men at the […]

Opinion

Don’t think before you speak, all-male panel told at WomenEd

Male education leaders have been encouraged to stop worrying about “saying the wrong thing” and to join a growing number of men promoting gender equality in the sector. WomenEd, a campaign group set up to tackle the disproportionate number of women headteachers, hosted its first all-male panel at its second annual conference on Saturday. The […]

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Rio Olympics 2016: Where did the Team GB medal winners go to school?

Proud teachers and their schools have heaped praise on former pupils who have contributed to a record medal haul for Team GB at this year’s Rio Olympics. Overall, just under 70 per cent of the medal-winning athletes were educated at state-maintained schools. A handful of athletes, including Tom Daley, the diver, were given scholarships to attend independent schools. […]

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Ensuring more women progress into education leadership

A 2008 McKinsey report highlighted that the most powerful force holding women back is entrenched beliefs. To address this, at the Festival of Education four of the WomenEd national leaders focused on one of our core values – confidence. Keziah Featherstone explored one of the privileges of headship which is to nurture leadership talent. Both children […]

Opinion

Female teachers in their 30s leave classroom at highest rates

Schools have been urged to offer flexible working opportunities, such as “keep in touch days” and cash retainers after figures show one in four teachers who leave the classroom are women in their 30s. A set of essays on teacher recruitment and retention has been published today by thinktank Policy Exchange and the Association of […]

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Gender imbalance in top jobs spawns conference

An inaugural conference looking at boosting the number of women in leadership positions in education will be held in London today. The sold-out event for 200 delegates has been organised by WomenEd, a group born out of a collective concern about gender imbalance in the profession. More than 50 men and women will discuss with […]

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Jill Berry’s top blogs of the week 14 September 2015

The Minority Game: a BME teacher’s life By @benniekara The best blogs make me think – and they make a difference to how I behave as a result. This post forced me to question my assumptions and challenged my understanding and appreciation of the perspective of black and minority ethnic teachers and leaders. With her […]

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