General
Tuesday
13th Apr 2021
How will history judge Gavin Williamson?
If you look at how the education secretary portrays his tenure, you might think it a success, says Yvonne Williams
Private school scholarships ‘do little’ for inclusion
Most private school scholarships still require a ‘very substantial’ financial contribution from families, says report
Friday
9th Apr 2021
Why unions aren’t doing enough to tackle workload
Lobbying the government on workload isn’t enough when ministers have been turning a deaf ear, writes Yvonne Williams
Are hubs or phone bans what schools really need now?
Covid has exposed dire inequalities in education – yet Gavin Williamson talks of phone bans, says Geoff Barton
Education is like the cinema, not Netflix: communal
Predictions of Covid killing off the cinema raise a worrying assumption that everything – including learning – can be done just as well at home, says Henry Hepburn
Thursday
1st Apr 2021
Are Covid-era trainee teachers screwed? Far from it
The past two years have been very hard for trainee teachers – but that doesn’t mean it’s all bad news, says Adam Riches
Teachers deserve the truth about the DfE’s Covid cash
The DfE’s repeated failure to be transparent over catch-up funding further erodes teachers’ trust, warns William Stewart