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The head of education at Unison tells Kate Parker about why support staff are so fundamental

Ofsted claims disadvantaged pupils need to experience more culture – but ‘cultural capital’ is linked to economic capital, says Danielle Jones. So, given the hunger and inequality exposed by Covid, let’s not pretend that what poorer children are missing most is a trip to a museum

When exams were cancelled again this year, few people asked the really big question: should schools be ranking students at all? Jared Cooney Horvath and David Bott reflect on what they consider to be an unfortunate accident of the early education system – and a way to fix it

It’s said to be ‘what makes us so smart as a species’ and a key factor in children’s rapid pace of learning, so how do we best harness the analogy’s pedagogical power? John Morgan finds out

Whether they’ve been learning from home or in school, pupils with special educational needs could find the full reopening challenging

Clubhouse is the new social media hotspot for teachers to chat and socialise. How does it work? Our guide explains all

If it’s the high-impact, low-effort pedagogical ideas that work the best, then why, asks David McGrath, do we waste hours creating flashy resources that complicate learning?

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The tendency to view education as either a huge success or a dismal failure is damaging to Covid recovery, writes Henry Hepburn

Schools are being set up for failure – lost learning won’t be recovered in a few months of longer days, says Jon Severs

The rock-star-turned-radio-DJ talks to ÌÇÐÄVlog about her favourite teachers, her best and worst moments at school, and how a game of British Bulldog in the playground went horribly wrong

Exams are supposed to be a fair way to judge learning, but Christina Quaine has found that variations in children’s processing speeds mean some students are disadvantaged by the tool of assessment – leading to inaccurate judgements on learning