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Educational Visits Coordinators – What They Do, And Why Your School Needs One The role of an Educational Visits Coordinator is to ensure there are brilliant learning opportunities beyond the classroom for every student, says Adrian Clarke. – reckon you're up to it?...

How Schools Can Monitor Teachers’ Development – Without The Admin… Want to take the pain out of performance management? it’s time to Get digital, urges Damien Roberts...

Hashtag watch – Discover TED Takedowns, Star Wars Grammar and Pokemon Go En Español Under #LangChat We take a dive into #langchat and unearth some informative infographics, sharp satire and inspiring ideas...

Q&A – What Is The Crumble Controller? Designer Joseph Birks of Redfern Electronics explains the thinking behind the Crumble Controller – an electronics resource for use in D&T that non-specialists can easily get to grips with… First things first – what, exactly, is the Crumble Controller? The Crumble is a small circuit board that can be programmed using a computer. The software, […]

‘If there is bullying in the staffroom, then there will definitely be bullying amongst the pupils’ Bullying is as unacceptable in the staffroom as it is in the playground, says John Dabell – or is it...?

Time To Get Real – Why There Should Always Be A Place For Practical Problems In Maths Lessons To be considered truly competent mathematicians, young people need the ability to think critically and tackle tangible problems, argues Stephen Hull...

Are Children Receiving Enough Specialist Language Support? Nearly 10 years on from John Bercow's report on the state of speech, language and communication support in schools, work has now begun on a detailed follow-up...

‘Time has been cut from PE lessons and it’s narrowing young people’s opportunities’ No matter how much emphasis is placed on rigorous academic challenge, schools still need to find time for physical education, says Crispin Andrews...

‘School leaders must take decisive and immediate action to prevent going into the red’ We now know when the national funding formula will take effect, but with its likely impact still unclear, it's more vital than ever that schools plan ahead, says Howard Jackson...

Need An Engaging Cross-Curricular Topic? Visit Some Woodland… Take a GCSE lesson into the forest and you᾿ll soon see that serious learning doesn᾿t only happen when students are stuck behind their desks, says Victoria Wilcher...

“These ‘Strawberry Jams’ – Where Do I Get One, And What Do I Do?” It's cheap, versatile and easy to use – is the Raspberry Pi something that all teachers can and should be using in the classroom? Lloyd Burgess takes a closer look...

Introduction of national funding formula for schools pushed back to 2018/19 Justine Greening announces that final decisions on new fairer funding system for schools and higher needs will now be taken 'early in the new year'

‘The best teachers are self-confident because they have developed their competence’ Inner resilience and self-belief are as important for your teaching toolbox as subject knowledge and pedagogical expertise, says Alex Quigley – here's how to develop them...

Marking And Feedback Are Connected, But They’re Not The Same Thing David Didau offers up some strategies for separating the 'wheat' of meaningful feedback from the 'chaff' of high-pressure, excessive marking...

No Place To Play – What Settings Can Do For Children Without A Space Of Their Own When children lack outdoor spaces to call their own, it’s up to early years settings to fill the void, says Juno Hollyhock...

School Attendance Rules are Letting Down Children with SEND – But it Doesn’t Have to be this Way Elizabeth Harris recounts how an ill-judged absence letter prompted her to bring a legal challenge to her LEA...

Sound On Screen – What Can Your Pupils Learn From Music In Film? Into Film picks out three movies that can help inspire your pupils to find out more about and magic and power of music...

Vic Goddard – Here Comes The Summer… ... and with the prospect of six, school-free weeks ahead, Vic Goddard has been considering his options...

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Trouble Brewing? – Restorative Approaches To Managing Behaviour Need Time, Planning And Patience Like a good cup of coffee, restorative practice requires time and patience if you don’t want to get burned, says Paul Dix...

How ‘Family Learning’ Can Improve Your Setting’s Standards Of Parental Engagement Children learn best when their parents are engaged with their education – so let’s use our resources and expertise to get them engaged, says Claire Matthes...

Festival Of Education 2016, Day 2 – Matthew Syed And Stephen Lockyer On Mindset Helen Mulley hears why schools themselves should adopt a growth mindset to learn from failures, but also how 'mindset' is becoming an empty buzzword...

Festival of Education 2016, Day 2 – Why Do We Need The CoT? And Should We Have ‘Safe Spaces’? Helen Mulley witnesses a frank discussion regarding the aims and purpose of the College of Teaching, and watches a debate on the topic of whether kids today are too sensitive...

Why Has There Been A Spike In Number Of People Applying To Become RE Teachers? Sure, there’s a teacher recruitment crisis – so why are applications for PGCE Religious Education courses on the rise? Colin Hallmark has the answer...

NUT Members Votes For Strike Action First day of discontinuous strike action over pay and working conditions scheduled for July 5th

Festival of Education 2016, Day 1 – Greenwood, Greer and Young In the second of Helen Mulley's reports from the Festival of Education, Will Greenwood talks leadership, Germaine Greer talks equality and Will Young talks language concerning the LGBT community...

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