Research

There has been a ‘plethora’ of reviews of Scottish education in recent years – but how much have they cost?

Language development is a critical foundation of education – and one of the areas worst hit by the pandemic – so how can schools best support it? We speak to expert Charles Hulme to find out

NFER research recommends four ways the government could encourage more diversity in teaching and school leadership

With so many variables involved in learning, research can rarely take all of them into account – but this isn’t a reason to dismiss these studies, says Christian Bokhove

The fallout from Scotland’s Pisa results in December was well documented, but the picture is more nuanced when you pick your way past political and ideological attacks, finds Emma Seith

Report calls for funding to develop AI content detectors to help teachers spot when pupils have used artificial intelligence

But more than one in six teachers would prefer to receive £2,500-worth of CPD rather than a £1,000 pay rise, a survey shows

Scotland’s network of Regional Improvement Collaboratives is to have its funding cut, but a forthcoming OECD report is expected to recommend developing them further

Pastoral leadership takes more than just being ‘good with the tough kids’, says Mohamed Ibrahim – you also need to apply research to the role

Education research funders need to emulate healthcare and back more interventions that focus on local contexts, say these academics

High-attaining maths pupils often lose interest in the subject when they start secondary – so a new charity plans to work with schools to keep their enthusiasm alive

A new study has found that young people overestimate their own learning, threatening their progress, says Alex Quigley. So what can teachers do to help them have more realistic perceptions?