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Changing exams or cutting doors demonstrates that the chance for improvements that outlive the pandemic is being missed, writes Emma Seith

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Government language in its efforts to improve literacy and numeracy is unacceptable and unhelpful, says Jon Severs

The shock of the pandemic does not look like leading to radical change in Scottish education, says Henry Hepburn

Arbitrary targets in the levelling up White Paper could risk undermining more structural, and more important, work to reform the education sector, explains Sam Freedman

Recent pledges to raise standards will come to nothing if the government does not address the systemic issues that schools face, says Chris Rossiter

School staff are among the employees most likely to suffer from long Covid – but currently, there is no clear guidance on how they should be supported if they do. So what are the problems that sufferers are facing? And what will the consequences be for education if the government fails to take action?

The former CEO of a multi-academy trust reflects on the huge growth the sector has seen, what the future might hold under Nadhim Zahawi and the long-term impact of the pandemic

Nothing is more destructive to classroom learning than poor student behaviour, says Scottish head Bruce Robertson

A round-up of 91¶¶Òõ’ most popular news and features articles from the past week

The Early Career Framework was designed to support new teachers when ‘the learning curve is steepest’ and make their new job a little less daunting. However, Grainne Hallahan discovers that for new teachers – and their mentors – the framework itself is proving one of the hardest parts of the job. So what’s going wrong?

In light of proposed changes to this year’s Keeping Children Safe in Education document, suggesting schools carry out social media searches on prospective candidates, a lawyer outlines how schools would have to approach this new requirement