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The flow of the school year and the school holidays are familiar to us all. But could – or should – we rethink the way we structure the basic building blocks of education?

Don’t judge edtech solely on the current crisis, as there’s decades of research pointing to the strengths and limitations of computer-assisted learning, writes Christian Bokhove – and it’s still early days

Boredom has a bad reputation and most of us will go to great lengths to avoid it. But this little-researched emotion is less straightforward than it seems and can in fact serve an important function in education, finds Carly Page

It is ineffective to adopt just one teaching strategy for a class of 30 individuals, argues Christian Bokhove

Academics’ complaints that their theories have been ‘misinterpreted’ fail to recognise the crucial role teachers must play in putting them to the test, says Jared Cooney Horvath

Grabbing students’ attention is tough at the best of times, but amid the chaos of the coronavirus pandemic, it is even harder. To help, Marc Smith delves into the research on attention and pinpoints key things teachers can do

What place does love have in school settings and what can educators do to ensure the most vulnerable children and young people get enough of it to realise their full potential, asks Lena Carter

The debate about a possible link between exclusions and knife crime illustrates how the ‘correlation doesn’t equal causation’ claim can be used in an attempt to close down discussion, says Christian Bokhove

When PSHE lessons become compulsory from September, schools will be presented with two choices: teach discrete lessons, or embed the content across the curriculum. But which approach does the subject justice? Alice Hoyle explores the options

Left-handed children can be at a disadvantage in lessons – but there are simple ways to solve problems, says Toria Bono

Teachers are supposed to focus on grades, but should their priority instead be to make students feel good? Economist Richard Layard tells Simon Creasey why he believes the two aims aren’t mutually exclusive and why giving children regular contentment classes could have a lasting impact beyond the school gates

All too often, inflexible timetables and inadequate facilities for expressing mean that returning to school as a breastfeeding mother is a nightmare. But leaders can welcome staff back with open arms by making simple, practical changes and being responsive to their needs, writes Emma Sheppard