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Thursday

15th May 2025

Why it’s time to scrap punitive teacher appraisals
As the sector moves on from performance-related pay, schools need performance management systems that focus more on meaningful professional growth than on compliance and control 
How to make teacher appraisals more effective

Tuesday

13th May 2025

How Estonia became education’s newest rising star
Estonia is one of Pisa’s biggest success stories, but what’s behind the country’s impressive results? Henry Hepburn finds out in an exclusive interview with education minister Kristina Kallas
Estonia montage
How journalling can alleviate pupils’ maths anxiety
Reframing the narrative around maths is essential to helping overcome pupils’ fears about the subject, say these two teachers
Child scared of maths
Why ‘high expectations’ aren’t enough to fix behaviour
It’s no use schools having ‘high expectations’ if leaders don’t take the time to define what they look like, or make sure everyone upholds them, writes Jarlath O’Brien
high expectations, behaviour, woman receiving huge parcel

Sunday

11th May 2025

How to design better subject-specific CPD
Teachers are crying out for stronger subject-specific CPD, says Mark Enser – and this is how schools can give it to them
Tailor measuring suit

Friday

9th May 2025

How to help TAs foster independent learning
Teaching assistants need to promote independence, not dependence, writes Alex Quigley – and consistent use of scaffolding strategies is the key
How to help TAs foster independent learning

Wednesday

7th May 2025

How we dumbed down teaching - and what we must do to fix it
Over the past decade, teaching has been pushed towards a prescriptive model that reduces intellectual curiosity and overlooks essential classroom engagement, argues Sam Gibbs
Vitruvian man with stick man

Friday

2nd May 2025

5 research papers to help you ace a teaching interview
Teaching interview panels are increasingly asking candidates about the research they’ve been influenced by. Mark Enser helps you to plan your answer
5 research papers to help you ace a teaching interview

Saturday

26th Apr 2025

What does research say about how students acquire soft skills?
It’s a familiar debate: can those non-academic life competencies actually be taught? A new study has re-examined the evidence, writes Christian Bokhove
People making cogs work

Tuesday

22nd Apr 2025

How can we teach students to be hopeful in today’s troubled world?
The world can feel like a hopeless place at the moment, but we owe it to our students to give them the same sense of optimism that we had when we were at school, says Mark Enser
glass half full overlooking a lake

Friday

18th Apr 2025

Maths: a return to prominence, but problems remain
With curriculum reform looming, it’s time to consider what young people need from the maths qualifications of the future, says this trust maths lead
Numbers on top of a mountain

Thursday

17th Apr 2025

Music education: how can we hit the right notes with staff shortages?
Music is well-placed to bounce back from falling student numbers but to do so it needs more teachers – and that means changing the narrative, says this trust music director
Broken keys on piano