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Children don’t have to learn core content now – we musn’t let them think they are ‘losers’, writes James Williams

Schools minister Nick Gibb has said that the model used to calculate this year’s A-level and GCSE results was ‘fair, robust and popular’. This is the groundwork for placing the blame squarely at the feet of ‘experts’, says James Williams

‘Follow the science’ has become the mantra of the Covid era. But how can we do that, when most of us lack the understanding needed to interpret scientific fact, says James Williams

The idea that every teacher can be a researcher is attractive – but the role can be a minefield, says James Williams

To counter creationism and climate change denial, we need to teach pupils to be scientifically literate, writes James Williams, but overemphasising facts and processes risks producing knowledge without understanding

Grammar schools maintain middle-class social stability and don’t deliver social mobility, writes one lecturer