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‘In these troubled times, the business of schools must be teaching the young about healing divisions’
Schools have a responsibility to teach the young about supporting one another and show them that it is compassion that really makes the world go round
25 June 2017
‘Ministers look at the school system like a trainset - and then start meddling’
We can but hope that the latest set of ministers will listen to advice from the sector
19 June 2017
‘If younger citizens cast their vote with altruism in mind, they deserve our respect’
After so much searing political negativity, it’s uplifting to think young people might have renewed hope for a more just society
11 June 2017
‘We shall live to regret the EBacc. The damage to other subjects is already being wrought’
The Conservatives may have watered down their EBacc target. But it’s still too high and other subjects are already feeling the effects, argues one celebrated headteacher
27 May 2017
‘As teachers we complain about parents - but most are doing the best they can in a difficult world’
Parents can’t it get right – either they want too much for their children, or they don’t support enough. But, as teachers we need to cut them some slack, writes one headteacher
20 May 2017
‘There’s more to cultural capital than just teaching kids to hold their own in “the club”’
Developing a child’s cultural awareness is important, but we shouldn’t be doing it just so they can hold conversations with the ‘top-job’ people from the ‘top universities’, writes one headteacher
13 May 2017
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