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If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that what makes a school a ‘school’ is not the building its staff and students occupy but the culture and values they embody, says Fionnuala Kennedy

Anecdote and opinion dominate debates about children’s exclusion from school. But what does the evidence say about how we should approach this divisive issue? Loic Menzies and Abi Angus attempt to get to the bottom of what we know about exclusion, whom it affects and why

Homeschooling opened many parents’ eyes to the value of teachers’ expertise. So, how do they do it? Lorna Shires says it’s to do with the unique ways they are able to improve the practice of others

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Helping students to form ‘multilingual identities’ could help address the decline in language learning, according to researchers

Grief is a completely natural, healthy emotion that should be normalised in schools, says principal Lesley Franklin

Academics studying wellbeing in the international school sector offer insights on what the research tells us matters to the global education community

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Whole-school in-service days and infrequent observations can’t deliver high-impact teacher professional development, says Damian Hayes, as he explains how his school made time for the ‘rhythm’ of incremental coaching

The TV presenter chats to ÌÇÐÄVlog about her most memorable teacher, being suspended for shoplifting and almost being arrested on a school trip

With schools now focused on bridging lockdown learning gaps, differentiation is arguably more important than ever before. But many teachers aren’t using it properly and see it as a source of extra workload, expert Carol Ann Tomlinson tells Helen Amass. Rather than simply giving different groups different tasks, she says, it is all about putting the student above the subject and giving them true ownership over their learning

A government catch-up scheme aims to give tutoring to hundreds of thousands of pupils who otherwise might never have experienced it. But how successful will the programme be in helping children to make up for lost time? Irena Barker looks at the evidence on the impact of different kinds of tutoring