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Don’t let story time get squeezed off the timetable
You can’t measure the impact on your spreadsheet, but Jo Brighouse struggles to think of a better use of classroom time than reading a story out loud
4 October 2019
Supply teaching: It’s teaching without bad bits, right?
Whoever said supply teaching was the easier option hasn’t spent a morning being shunted from one classroom to another, says Jo Brighouse
20 September 2019
Lazing around? It’s the best thing a teacher can do
It’s easy to envy organised alpha teachers but, says Jo Brighouse, great leaps in knowledge can happen when we’re idle
6 September 2019
‘Private-school careers is freemasons for 11-year-olds’
Most schools have high aspirations for pupils. But, says Jo Brighouse, can they compete with private-school networks?
23 August 2019
‘Teachers aren’t trained mental health professionals’
Talk of ‘worry groups’ and ‘panic zones’ shows teachers aren’t equipped to handle mental health issues, says Jo Brighouse
9 August 2019
‘As Year 6 leave, I realise: it’s not about tests’
Jo Brighouse has always objected to over-romanticising thresholds. But at the leaving assembly, she had a tear in her eye
26 July 2019
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