Melissa Benn

Articles by Melissa Benn

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  Paying Teachers Properly Is Important, But So Is Treating The Profession With The Respect It Deserves

  What message does it send out to teachers when some heads of MATs are paid up to three or four times more than the Prime Minister?

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  Our Current Education System is Failing Students – It’s Time for Change

  It looks like our education system has lost its way – and it’s going to take a serious rethink about our values and expectations to get it back on track...

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  We Need to Fix the Inequality in our School System…and Much More

  Putting an end to the inequality built into our education system is a noble ambition – but if we’re talking about school reform… why stop there, asks Melissa Benn...

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  Opposing Values – How Education Policy Could Help Unify The Labour Party

  There is a viable alternative to the upheaval and discontent that seem currently to characterise our education system, says guest columnist Melissa Benn – if only someone would put it on the table...

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  “There’s no hard evidence that old fashioned didactic methods work the best”

  In their rush to discredit so-called 'progressive' approaches to education, critics seem determined to ignore a considerable body of evidence in their favour, observes Melissa Benn...

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  Let’s Hear It For The Truly Independent Schools Bravely Rebelling Against Neo-Traditionalist Policy

  Success is always something to celebrate, even (or especially) when the path to get there has been stubbornly trodden against standard directions