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A teacher explains why he embraced direct instruction, a teaching method he once avoided

In assessing a teacher’s effectiveness, we should look to the business world and embrace the idea that “the customer is never wrong”, says one teacher-writer

The benefits of creating an effective teacher persona to tackle low-level disruption and improve standards have been overlooked for too long, argues one teacher-writer

We deserve to stand alongside other professions in every respect – including how much we’re paid and having enough time to sit down for a sandwich, argues one teacher-writer

Hard lessons learned that many teachers can relate to

One teacher-writer recounts the catastrophic attempts at trying – and failing – to maintain class control, and argues for greater genuine support in schools