General
Wednesday
6th Dec 2023
There’s much more to Pisa than Scotland’s headline scores
The Pisa survey holds a wealth of data and analysis on issues such as mobile phones in schools, migration, behaviour, staffing and parental involvement
Pisa tests: the key insights behind the headlines
While the pandemic has been cited as the big factor in changes in the latest Pisa scores, there are also worrying longer-term trends, says the EPI’s Louis Hodge
Friday
1st Dec 2023
Could banning mobiles ease Scottish schools’ behaviour woes?
School staff say phones and tablets are the biggest disruption to learning in secondary – so is it time to ban mobiles?
Why it’s time governors stopped ruling on exclusions
National Governance Association chief Emma Knights makes the case for school exclusion hearings to be removed from governors’ workloads
Further cuts to school funding aren’t feasible
Politicians’ plans for more cuts to education spending ignore the harsh reality of how stretched schools’ budgets really are, says this former DfE adviser
Thursday
30th Nov 2023
How a primary, secondary and independent school partnership works
From maths symposiums and Dragons’ Den-style business contests to shared learning walks, there is plenty that schools across all phases can work together on, say these leaders
What Labour’s CPD offer to teachers should look like
A development focus throughout a teacher’s career in Labour’s ‘opportunity mission’ makes sense – but it needs to avoid becoming a tick-box exercise, says this education policy expert
Monday
27th Nov 2023
The Teachers’ Standards and how to meet them
Everything you need to know about the Department for Education’s Teachers’ Standards
What artificial intelligence could mean for music tuition
AI offers myriad practical benefits to music teachers but will never fully replicate human interaction, says Linda Boyd
Better together: The power of state-private partnerships
Private and state schools can achieve so much working together, says Independent Schools Council chief Julie Robinson