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Your roundup of 91¶¶Òõ’ most-read news and features articles this week includes school support staff accepting their pay offer, what teacher strikes would mean this winter and the rise of machines that can do your marking

The promise of a tablet, laptop or other device for every pupil in Scotland has been hit by a £10 million cut this year

Despite controversies around the project, the director of Product and Engineering at Oak National Academy, John Roberts, argues the platform can be a force for good across the sector – in more ways than one...

Primary school leaders welcome the education secretary’s acknowledgement of concerns over reducing teachers’ class-contact time

Academies sector leader Leora Cruddas tells the Westminster Education Forum that action is needed to address ‘fragility’ in the school system on funding and teacher supply

Analysis shows even faculty heads say moving away from discrete subject departments ‘simply saves money and has no other benefits to schools’

But Sir Jon Coles, CEO of United Learning, says local authorities should not have a role running multi-academy trusts

Government publishes its case for Oak National Academy being set up as national arm’s-length body

The reappointment means Baroness Barran will serve under her fifth education secretary this year

The former national schools commissioner explains why fewer primary schools have joined multi-academy trusts – and how they need to be convinced, not compelled, to make the move

Humanists are at forefront of Coalition for Inclusive Education, which seeks to abolish current system and overhaul approach to religious education

As the Social Mobility Commission embarks on its plan to find the best teaching methods for those on pupil premium, one former commissioner warns that it won’t be enough to close the disadvantage gap