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Is coaching really the ideal form of professional development?

Coaching is education’s new professional development buzzword – but does the evidence bear out its growing use?

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C.J. Rauch and Ourania Ventista
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Why speech and language matter to mental health

We risk failing another generation of children if we do not join the crucial dots  between mental health and...

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Jane Harris
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How we’ll meet Labour’s (very) ambitious work experience goal

New research shows the scale of the challenge involved in meeting the government’s aim of two weeks’ work experience...

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Chris Kenyon
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What’s really behind teacher shortages here and abroad?

A new report attempts to find the simplest explanation for why countries with teacher shortages have them while others...

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Professor Stephen Gorard
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What does employee engagement tell us about retention?

Our findings show that when teachers become more emotionally engaged with their colleagues over the course of an academic...

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John Jerrim
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Assumed knowledge: A hidden barrier to social mobility

Knowledge of 'how the system works' stacks opportunity in favour of the most well-off. New analysis reveals how the...

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Nick Brook
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Understanding the childhood origins of social mobility

How disadvantage translates to poorer outcomes is more complex than sometimes portrayed, reveals our new report

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Rob Wilson
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What new data tells us about hours spent at school

Our new report delves for the first time on the length of the school week in schools across the...

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Oana Gavriloiu and Louis Hodge
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What’s next for ‘evidence-informed’ education?

‘Evidence-informed’ has become an easy and often empty marketing tag for CPD providers. Here’s how we guard against its...

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Harry Madgwick