General

Today

23rd Dec 2024

Bill Rogers: Where we are going wrong on behaviour
Rather than trying to be liked and accepted, teachers need to call every student to account, and craft their language to lead for better behaviour, says Bill Rogers
Bill Rogers

Yesterday

22nd Dec 2024

Why every school should (not) use setting
The evidence on setting and streaming by ability is limited but points to it having a negative impact on lower-attaining pupils – so why do most English schools still use it? John Morgan investigates
Why every school should (not) use setting

Friday

20th Dec 2024

Why you can’t separate attendance from mental health and SEND
To improve attendance, schools need to understand how it interacts with mental health and SEND and build systems of support accordingly, argues Professor Tamsin Ford
Attendance, SEND and mental health: a complex interplay

Wednesday

18th Dec 2024

How to teach a values-rich literacy curriculum
Schools’ commitment to values should permeate classrooms and amount to far more than a poster on the wall, says teacher Alan Gillespie
clay moulding
What can Singapore teach us about education in England?
While many have tried to copy specific Singaporean approaches, examining how the nation’s schools function can also help other countries reflect on their own ways of working, finds Zofia Niemtus
Singapore postcard

Tuesday

17th Dec 2024

6 ways schools can nurture sporting talent
Schools play a pivotal role in shaping future sports stars – Scottish Cycling’s Mark Ritchie sets out how they can work with national sporting bodies to maximise the chance of success
Neil Fachie
What do we really learn from international data comparisons?
‘Tis the season to pore over large international data sets like Pisa and Timss, but we need to look beyond the scores, writes Christian Bokhove
Gift coal

Friday

13th Dec 2024

How schools can tap into Scotland’s heritage and historic environment
Historic sites and archives provide a rich source of learning that extends right across the curriculum, says Craig Fletcher
How schools can tap into Scotland’s heritage and historic environment

Wednesday

11th Dec 2024

Trauma: what is it and what role should schools play in support?
Trauma has become a contentious topic in schools, so we spoke to a world-leading expert to define what it is and where schools fit in the process of diagnosis and support
Painting trauma

Monday

9th Dec 2024

Are things in education as bad as they seem? Let’s check the data
As we look ahead to 2025, we need to take stock of the troubling state of our system, argues Megan Dixon – and then work out how to fix it
Are things in education as bad as they seem? Let’s check the data

Wednesday

4th Dec 2024

Why PPA hasn’t solved teacher workload - and how to fix it
Planning, preparation and assessment (PPA) time was meant to cut teacher workload and raise standards, but it has done neither, argues Mark Roberts. He sets out how we could begin to put that right
PPA workload

Tuesday

3rd Dec 2024

Why education struggles to warm up economic ‘cold spots’
If there is one area of education where there will always be agreement, it’s the need to tackle the ‘baked in’ inequality of impoverished areas, writes Alex Quigley
Child with cup of tea