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‘Politicians need to remember that education is about more than just grades’
The human aspect of education is too often discounted by policymakers, who are focused on raising academic achievement, says a former teacher
17 April 2017
‘Too many teachers are expected to teach outside of their subject specialism’
Forcing teachers to teach outside of their subject specialism creates additional workload for everyone in a department, says one former head of geography
24 March 2017
‘Telling teachers how to teach is as ridiculous as dictating to adults about how to use the lavatory’
The levels of accountability in teaching are humiliating and completely unnecessary, says one anonymous teacher
19 March 2017
The scourge of invisible disability
Many school staff suffer debilitating non-visible impairments. Here one such teacher explains that schools must listen
10 March 2017
‘Being spoonfed at GCSE got me the grades, but has left me behind at A level’
This student explains that she has been left completely unprepared for the independence of study at A level because of the spoon feeding strategies at GCSE
7 March 2017
‘It’s ok to prioritise your family, or even sleep ─ the display boards can wait ─ the only person that thinks they’re in need of replacing is you’
The teaching profession needs to wake up to the role we all play in maintaining a culture of stress and pressure, says one anonymous teacher
5 March 2017