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Joe Baron
All articles by Joe Baron
‘I was a victim of performance management’
How can a teacher be held accountable for results when so many factors are beyond their control, asks Joe Baron
15 October 2018
‘Too often, bullies are empowered by schools that fail to effectively sanction them’
Far from offloading pupils through exclusions, it seems schools are flouting the law to keep unruly pupils, against the interests of the silent, harassed majority, argues one history teacher
19 July 2017
‘My “snowflake” teacher colleagues spread fear among our pupils about Brexit. As a Brexiteer, I’m expected to remain silent’
A teacher who voted to leave the European Union asks why he should feel forced to keep his opinions to himself, while colleagues who voted to remain can spread their views freely
19 February 2017
What keeps me awake at night: school sport is being destroyed by Ofsted-ready automatons
24 January 2016
What keeps me awake at night: who will speak up for abused teachers?
One teacher worries about the epidemic in student violence towards school staff
15 November 2015