The Knowledge

How can we ensure teachers take up and benefit from CPD?

While reforms have removed much of the cost barrier to teachers accessing quality CPD, one important obstacle remains, explains...

JL Dutaut
CAT SCUTT
The Knowledge

Research: How can teaching be made greener?

Teaching lags behind other professions when it comes to decarbonising, and the key may be in the incentives schools...

JL Dutaut
IAIN FORD
The Knowledge

How can ‘mixing it up’ and confusing students be good for them?

Interleaving can cause confusion, but it’s one that pays off – as long as it’s used within certain parameters,...

JL Dutaut
HARRY FLETCHER-WOOD
The Knowledge

How can we build back better arts education?

A new research project demonstrates the value of bringing artists and teachers together and tries to bridge the gulf...

JL Dutaut
TOM DOBSON AND LISA STEPHENSON
The Knowledge

How can we make best use of the pupil premium for recovery?

Professor Becky Francis sets out the benefits of using the EEF's updated guide to target pupil premium spending and...

JL Dutaut
BECKY FRANCIS
The Knowledge

How can we secure the spirit of Covid collaboration for the future?

A Manchester initiative is showing how school-to-school collaborations are best placed to create the conditions for improvement, write Mel...

JL Dutaut
Professor Mel Ainscow and Dr Paul Armstrong
The Knowledge

How has the pandemic impacted special schools?

Our research shows that special schools were the hardest hit and leaders have little faith their plight is understood,...

JL Dutaut
CAROLINE SHARP and AMY SKIPP
The Knowledge

Is there a better, or best, classroom layout?

How best to set up a classroom seems too complex for research to solve, but Cat Scutt finds there...

JL Dutaut
CAT SCUTT
CPD, Professional development, The Knowledge

Research: What do teachers really think of CPD?

Iain Ford looks at Teacher Tapp data to read the runes for the new Early Career Framework and find...

JL Dutaut
IAIN FORD