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Thomas Rogers
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Behaviour management: ‘Instead of suspending students, why not ask their parents to join the class?’
In an effort to cut exclusions, a new approach is being trialled in the US – but how effective would it be in this country, asks one teacher
3 February 2017
‘These five ways to build confidence will get the best out of your students’
Positive reinforcement and facing up to conflict are just two of this TES columnist’s tips on how to build pupils’ confidence
27 January 2017
‘End performance pay and league tables: Too many teachers believe competition is more valuable than collaboration’
In teaching, fear is triumphing over love. Something must be done, writes this TES columnist
21 January 2017
‘If we carry on this trajectory of refusing to address the recruitment crisis, we will simply run out of teachers’
One teacher-writer offers some advice to policymakers and senior leaders on how to tackle the recruitment crisis in 2017
14 January 2017
‘Insist on support from your SLT’ - and seven other ways to make a winning start this term
One teacher provides his top tips for surviving that tricky class you were dreading facing after Christmas and getting off to the best start this term
4 January 2017
‘Come with me on a trip as the Angel Wilshaw takes us to a school past, present and future’
It’s never too late to change, as one imagined school leader is taken on a trip that might sound a little familiar
17 December 2016