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Ditch exams forever? Nah, say maths teachers
Some have argued that Covid should be a catalyst for scrapping exams – but Chris Smith isn’t convinced
23 January 2021
GCSEs: how data can help you to assign grades
This year, GCSE grades will be based on teacher assessments for the first time. Chris Smith explains how data can be used to help standardise the results
14 May 2020
Is Vanilla Ice the unlikeliest of education gurus?
This award-winning teacher took a risk with an imaginative project that showed maths could be fun
28 November 2018
Helicopters and relay races make Maths Week a success
A coming together of schools, members of the public and politicians has kick-started a new national maths event
3 November 2017
My alternative ‘3Rs’ are an antidote to exam panic
Don’t whinge about tests being ‘too tough’ – responsibility, resilience and realism are the skills all students should be taught to deal with whatever challenge they are presented with
2 June 2017
The mortal decline of maths ends with a magical revival
Maths is a wonderful subject, bursting with beauty – and we need to shout about it to stop its decline in popularity, writes one teacher
7 April 2017
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