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I love tech but the edtech evangelists have no idea
Responding to a story this morning, one tech-enthusiast-turned-teacher calls for the edtech sector to get to grips with how learning works
25 July 2018
‘Damian Hinds has vowed to ease the bureaucratic burden on schools’
The education secretary’s promise to headteachers to provide more clarity about how schools will be held to account should be welcomed by everyone in the sector, writes the head of education at Policy Exchange
5 May 2018
‘The solution to the workload crisis? Stop teachers designing their own lessons’
The single quickest and easiest way to reduce teacher workload – and ease the retention crisis – would be to encourage the use of externally-produced and quality-assured teaching resources
9 March 2018
Hinds needs to finish the revolution Blair started
The new education secretary should ignore the sudden deluge of tweets and remain focused on his department’s urgent issues, writes John David Blake
12 January 2018
‘It’s unnecessary, unethical and irresponsible for schools to ask parents for money’
The leaders of our schools should make the most of their good fortune and apply some realism to school funding, writes one former teacher and head of education
17 November 2017
‘Spielman is right to move Ofsted’s focus on to curriculum - but can the school system step up?’
Ofsted’s new boss Amanda Spielman is right to intervene on the role of curriculum in schools, writes one teacher-turned-educationist
11 October 2017
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