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School uniform: Why we must treat children like adults
Denying pupils’ agency with super-strict rules around uniform isn’t healthy, says Jarlath O’Brien
3 September 2021
Behaviour: Why points systems are worse than pointless
Reducing behaviour to points may allow us to quantify incidents, but such a system is unhelpful for both teachers and students, writes Jarlath O’Brien
20 August 2021
Behaviour: why the ‘traffic light’ system doesn’t work
Methods of behaviour management that involve publicly displaying students’ names are counterproductive, argues Jarlath O’Brien
General
30 July 2021
Why you need to think twice before ‘punishing’ a pupil
Payback should never be the motivation for a behaviour sanction, so make sure your decisions are based on what’s best for the pupil rather than on raw emotion
23 July 2021
The answer to better behaviour? Self-efficacy
We’ve had the same conversations on behaviour for years, says Jarlath O’Brien – but a new approach is breaking through
2 July 2021
Are school leaders forgetting the importance of values?
With so many targets and boxes to tick, we run the risk of losing sight of what leadership is about, says Jarlath O’Brien
Strategy
25 June 2021
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