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Monday
28th Oct 2024
Investment is needed to fix education problems of past 20 years
While England has become one of the highest performing countries in literacy and numeracy, we鈥檝e made no progress in closing the attainment gap, writes Sam Freedman
Teachers 鈥榖urnt out鈥� covering gaps in services
Rising school standards risk masking a growing array of challenges, 鈥榚specially around the lives of the most vulnerable pupils鈥�, warns former DfE adviser
Friday
25th Oct 2024
Why we should change pessimistic narratives around teaching
Taking care with the language used to describe education is a must 鈥� otherwise, damaging and misleading tropes take hold, says Gareth Evans
Focus on inclusion over fines to fix attendance, report says
Threatening parents with fines is 鈥榥ot working for many families and not reducing severe absence rates鈥�, former children鈥檚 commissioner warns
Tuesday
22nd Oct 2024
To code B or not to code B: attendance rule change poses questions
Dan Worth outlines a litany of issues with the way attendance codes have changed for pupils engaged in remote education 鈥� and why it鈥檚 at odds with wider messages from the DfE
Scottish widening access report means 鈥榙isappointment but not despair鈥�
There are signs of progress despite disappointing data released today, says Scotland鈥檚 commissioner for fair access
NI curriculum review aims for 鈥榢nowledge-rich鈥� approach
International education expert Lucy Crehan to lead Northern Ireland鈥檚 review of curriculum design and delivery