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The latest research, best-practice advice and school-based case studies to help you develop your teaching career

Yesterday

20th Nov 2024

Social media in schools: the pros and cons in a changing landscape
With many schools reassessing their use of social media platforms, Nuzhat Uthmani weighs up the benefits and the potential challenges of having an online presence
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Wednesday

13th Nov 2024

300 schools join partnerships to tackle disadvantage gap
Ten regional partnerships led by research schools aim to improve teaching and drive attainment among poorer pupils
Schools join 10 ‘research partnerships’ to tackle disadvantage gap

Tuesday

12th Nov 2024

Timeline for new Centre of Teaching Excellence revealed
Scottish government officials say a number of universities are ‘very interested’ in hosting the new centre, which has been described by school leaders as ‘unnecessary’ and ‘costly’
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Thursday

7th Nov 2024

Harnessing the power of subject experts for cross-trust improvement
Core Education Trust in Birmingham has created a ‘lead practitioners’ programme aimed at spreading subject expertise across its family of four secondary schools
Harnessing the power of subject experts for cross-trust school improvement

Wednesday

6th Nov 2024

The struggle to spot (and develop) effective teachers
How we evaluate teaching and attempt to improve it is complex – but the research is starting to provide answers, argues teacher effectiveness expert Matthew A Kraft
The struggle to spot (and develop) effective teachers

Tuesday

5th Nov 2024

How one special school’s trauma-informed practice has helped 40 settings
Two headteachers explain how their city-wide CPD programme supports staff to better help young people with complex social and emotional needs
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Monday

4th Nov 2024

Rethinking how disability and ableism are discussed in schools
New ‘disability literacy’ training aimed at schoolteachers is being offered by Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh
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Thursday

31st Oct 2024

Unesco concern over UK’s high education secretary turnover
The global report says short tenure as education secretary makes education reform harder to achieve
A new Unesco report has flagged a concern about the high turnover of education secretaries in the UK

Tuesday

15th Oct 2024

Dame Alison Peacock: ‘Create a place where joy can happen’
Our How I Lead series asks education leaders to reflect on their careers, experience and leadership philosophy. This month, we talk to Dame Alison Peacock, CEO of the Chartered College of Teaching
Dame Alison Peacock: ‘Create a place where joy can happen’

Monday

7th Oct 2024

Teacher Development Trust to stop offering NPQs
Education charity also withdraws bid to deliver Early Career Framework, citing constraints of government contracts and an ‘increasingly dysfunctional market’
Teacher development trust NPQ

Tuesday

24th Sep 2024

Directed hours rule ‘archaic’, says MAT leader
Becks Boomer-Clark, CEO of Lift Schools, said the teaching profession must ‘have a much more mature, sophisticated and flexible understanding of time’
Directed hours rule ‘archaic’, says MAT leader

Friday

20th Sep 2024

Could this be the model for the DfE’s regional improvement teams?
A new practitioner-led initiative in the capital is connecting experienced leaders with schools that need help. Ellen Peirson-Hagger finds out how it works – and why it could be the template for a nationwide model
Could this be the model for DfE’s regional improvement teams?