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Why teachers need more autonomy - and how to give it to them
Evidence suggests that a perceived lack of autonomy could be hitting teacher retention rates, so what can leaders do to give staff back control?
Staff Management
18 February 2022
How are schools promoting Fundamental British Values?
The teaching of Fundamental British Values is a controversial political policy – and new research looks into its impact
General
20 September 2021
The power of learning pupil names as a new term starts
Putting names to the sea of faces sitting in front of you at the start of the new term can be tricky but research suggests that the sooner you master them, the sooner your students will begin to learn, finds Irena Barker
General
27 August 2021
How teacher bias affects black pupils’ attainment
Teachers’ unconscious bias against black pupils – in terms of having lower expectations for them and putting their behaviour under added scrutiny – is a key factor in lower attainment and a higher rate of exclusions, researchers tell Irena Barker
General
6 August 2021
Can repeating a year of school be a good thing?
Much of the research shows that getting a child to redo the previous 12 months can be detrimental to their academic achievement and wellbeing. But, in certain circumstances, might the practice be beneficial? Irena Barker finds out
General
25 June 2021
Tutoring: will the NTP help students ‘catch up’?
A government catch-up scheme aims to give tutoring to hundreds of thousands of pupils who otherwise might never have experienced it. But how successful will the programme be in helping children to make up for lost time? Irena Barker looks at the evidence on the impact of different kinds of tutoring
General
16 April 2021
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