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Holly Korbey

Holly Korbey is a freelance education and parenting journalist writing about teaching and learning.

She is the author of Building Better Citizens: A New Civics Education for All. As well as writing for Tes, Holly has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic and Bright Magazine. Her work aims to bridge the gap between research and practice, bringing together the child, the teacher and the parent. 

All articles by Holly Korbey
Is New Zealand’s ‘stuctured maths’ set to transform maths scores?
New Zealand is reforming its approach to teaching maths with a model inspired by the success of ‘structured literacy’. But are the methods really so revolutionary? Holly Korbey investigates
General
11 November 2025
Child climbing blocks
Is England on the right path for inclusion?
In both England and the US, SEND provision suffers from poor funding, a lack of trained professionals and system overwhelm. But their responses to these challenges have been very different, with the US questioning inclusion while England pushes for more of it, finds Holly Korbey
General
17 September 2025
Illustration of two paths
Why phonics hasn’t won the reading wars - yet
While phonics is now universal in England’s schools, in other English-speaking countries the battle over the best way to teach reading is far from won. Holly Korbey investigates why
Primary
3 June 2025
Reading wars phonics
Why US schools have fallen in love with scripted lessons
A mix of necessity, ideology and circumstance is driving a widespread adoption of scripting in US classrooms, finds Holly Korbey
General
26 March 2025
Why US schools fell in love with scripting lessons
The evolution of ‘no excuses’ behaviour approaches
‘No excuses’ behaviour approaches have diversified hugely since their inception in US charter schools, with significant variety in practice across different schools and impact tough to pin down, finds Holly Korbey
General
15 January 2025
The evolution of ‘no excuses’ behaviour approaches
Working memory: education’s unfinished revolution
Researchers say understanding the concept of working memory is crucial. But to make a difference in schools, better training, screening, assessments and curricular design are needed, finds Holly Korbey
General
9 October 2024
Working memory’s unfinished revolution of education