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‘We’ve got too many bad policies and too much change for change’s sake in education - teachers deserve better’
Compulsory academy conversion isn’t the first government blunder in education and it won’t be the last, writes one leading educationist
23 May 2016
‘The pupil premium is unique around the world - let’s celebrate it’
The Pupil Premium Awards point to some world-class practice forming around a world-class policy, writes one leading educationalist
16 May 2016
‘Leicester City’s success is an example to all school leaders - and the city’s pupils might up their game, too’
Headteachers should take note of how this improbable feat of footballing glory was achieved, writes one leading educationalist
9 May 2016
‘Decoupling AS and A level will inevitably prove to be a terrible mistake’
By pressing ahead with reform in the face of all the evidence, the government is guaranteeing it will be forced into a U-turn, writes a leading educationist. And in the meantime it’s the students who will suffer
4 May 2016
‘The disastrous decline in MFL uptake can be stemmed. But we need to get a handle on why there is a problem first’
We need a new review of the teaching of languages in our schools system, writes a leading educationist
25 April 2016
‘The government has a democratic mandate to introduce policies, but school leaders and teachers are the real professional experts’
Government policies cannot succeed unless they are properly implemented. So ministers need to talk – and listen – to classroom experts before introducing legislation, writes the former general secretary of a heads’ union
18 April 2016
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