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Demanding different coloured pens for different tasks is just another way of checking up on teachers, says Callum Jacobs

Before tearing a strip off a student who fails to focus on your lesson, take a leaf out of Maslow’s book and make sure all of their needs are being met, says Callum Jacobs

An experiment involving behaviour in rats might seem like an odd way to highlight a point about the effect teachers’ assumptions can have on student performance. But, explains Callum Jacobs, the study opened the door to important questions about the impact high expectations can go on to have on results

Schools should be at the vanguard in the battle against climate change – but they’re lagging behind, writes Callum Jacobs. A lack of government support on sustainability means that it is up to school leaders to seize the initiative with their own planet-saving policies

You’d assume that teachers would be good at running training sessions. You’d assume wrong, says Callum Jacobs

When sixth-form and college students are treated like adults, they thrive, writes Callum Jacobs