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Confusion reins over the role of teaching assistants – but new research gives us the opportunity to get the best out of this valuable resource, writes Jon Severs

Research showing how playing with dolls boosts social development gives us an insight into the value of play, writes Jon Severs

We use the term all the time in education without acknowledging that we are often making a value judgement, not an objective one, writes Jon Severs

The lack of honest discussion about the limitations of cognitive science could be damaging to education, warns Jon Severs

The TAGs system risks destroying the all-important trust between teachers and students, writes Jon Severs

Sometimes we can label a parent as not being engaged but what we mean is ‘not engaged in a way we would like’