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Jim Knight
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‘Teachers are key to getting young people to register to vote. And time is running out’
Former schools minister Jim Knight says it is the role of educators to encourage their students to engage with the Brexit debate
3 June 2016
‘Why schools should embrace the Google philosophy and push kids to pursue their own projects’
A former schools minister was disappointed to find that TES’ April Fool article last week was satire. A “free learning hour” is a great idea, he writes.
6 April 2016
‘England is bottom of the league when it comes to deep learning. And top for drill and practice. It’s no coincidence’
There is a lot to learn from OECD data, writes a former schools minister, and much of makes for scary reading
8 March 2016
‘Ignoring the teacher brain drain is like ignoring a hole in a bucket as you try to fill it up’
Working overseas is becoming increasingly attractive to UK teachers – and action must be taken to help staff retention, writes a former schools minister
29 February 2016
Lord Knight: ‘Let technology take care of the boring stuff so teachers can teach’
Lord Jim Knight discusses how teachers should flip the way they work to increase their teaching time.
23 February 2016
‘Teachers should flip their dull workload to focus on the precious moments - teaching’
Just occasionally digital media throws something back at you. Facebook revives old posts or someone retweets something you posted weeks ago.
23 February 2016