This is essentially an issue typical of historical interactions between the private and public sectors. It is currently topical in the English...
Read moreFalmouth School, Cornwall, has been served with a ‘ Termination Warning Letter ’ by Dominic Herrington, the National Schools...
Read moreIt’s vital to fight fake news, education secretary Damian Hinds said in a recent press release .
He’s...
Read moreTranscripts on government websites of speeches by politicians and officials are usually accompanied by the speaker’s mugshot. But this wasn’t the...
Read moreWhy are increasing numbers of children being physically restrained in mainstream and special schools?
On 25 February 2019 TES carried a...
Read moreShould there be a rule preventing MPs from repeating questions that have already been adressed many times in the current...
Read moreYou can read Part 1 ‘The role of religion’ here .
The first important step is to point out the difference between the state and the...
Read moreDoug McAvoy NUT general secretary from 1989 to 2004, died on May 12, aged 80.
The Times obituary,...
Read moreCalls for the government to back down on the EBacc are likely to increase following a decision by the Russell Group universities...
Read moreThe government’s curriculum programme trials have raised serious questions about the timing of the pilots, their scale, links...
Read more‘…there is no evidence from the attainment data that these [exam] reforms helped lower-attaining pupils,’ concludes Education Datalab in its...
Read more‘The parents screamed and swore at me,’ says a Sunday Times headline for an article explaining why the ‘visionary head’ of...
Read moreThe following are my personal views arising from Greta’s words .
On climate change
Like Greta, I am with David Attenborough and...
Read moreThe Harris Federation entered hundreds of native English speakers into an exam designed for speakers of English as a second...
Read moreWhen this question is asked by a politician, an unsolicited social media post, or someone selling you something, it is always wise to think about...
Read more‘ Outsourcing has been hit by a string of recent failures, but that does not mean that outsourcing has failed. Labour should...
Read moreYoung people are right to care about the future. But marching while skipping school is only one, and not necessarily the most...
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Probably the most important short statement ever made about teaching and learning is this from Vygotsky.
As we know from...
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