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Children matter – just look at the general election: we ignore young people at our peril, writes former schools minister Jim Knight

I remain proud of Tony Blair’s legacy in education, maintains former schools minister Jim Knight, writing ahead of the 20th anniversary of Labour’s landslide election victory. ‘Waste-paper bins could be used for rubbish rather than collecting leaks’

T levels risk being another expensive failure like diplomas – especially if schools continue to be hamstrung by the EBacc, writes former schools minister Jim Knight

I believe in empowering children and noisy group work, but none of it will be effective unless the pupils have the scaffolding of an effective behaviour strategy, writes a former Labour schools minister

Angela Maiers, the US-based educator and founder of the Choose2matter movement, impresses Lord Jim Knight with her lessons in self-belief at UK schools, ahead of her appearance at the Bett ed-tech show

More positive use of phones in school for learning may encourage more positive use of mobiles generally, says a former schools minister