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Bernard Trafford
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‘Great teaching is eclectic. False dichotomies about what “works” do everyone a disservice’
The best teachers employ a huge variety of classroom strategies to engage interest, to challenge and to inspire, writes one celebrated head
3 December 2016
What next for education? In the post-Brexit world, almost anything bonkers seems possible
With wild ideas about privatising education being promoted, it’s hard to know where to start, writes one celebrated head
26 November 2016
‘Education needs a robust, independent leadership college that keeps government at arm’s length’
Anthony Seldon, Michael Wilshaw and Toby Young might just be on to a good idea, writes one leading headteacher
19 November 2016
‘In these uncertain times, teachers must encourage common sense and humanity in pupils’
As educators, we musn’t reinforce the impression of a “smug liberal elite” who always claim to know best, writes one leading headteacher
12 November 2016
‘Policy-makers continue to ignore the deep-seated systemic problems that are the causes of the leadership crisis’
Education is not a business, though in a loose sense, it should be run in a business-like manner, writes one leading headteacher
5 November 2016
‘Why isn’t the government prepared to have an open and frank conversation about teacher pay and school funding?’
The government has an astonishing ability to pretend that the profound funding problems in education aren’t really there, writes one leading headteacher
29 October 2016