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Richard Garner
All articles by Richard Garner
‘I’ve lost count of all the initiatives over the years to reduce teachers’ workload’
We should be pleased that the latest education secretary wants to do something about teacher workload – and delighted that Ofsted appears to agree – but history tells us that achieving progress on this issue is much easier said than done
25 March 2018
A timely reminder of the importance of adult education
Adult education is being decimated, but some educationists just keep on achieving
24 February 2018
Could artificial intelligence solve the teacher workload problem?
Computers may not have the heart for teaching, but they do have the technological capacity to mark exam papers, writes one former journalist
11 February 2018
‘Opponents of selection, stay awake in the forthcoming months - our new education secretary is a fan of grammar schools...’
Legendary education journalist, Richard Garner asks: What will the reign of Damian Hinds, our new educations secretary look like?
27 January 2018
‘Is Justine Greening failing to make a impact on the nation’s radar?’
Veteran journalist Richard Garner offers his congratulations to Teach First’s Russell Hobby for being named education’s most influential person this year, but has one question: where was Justine Greening?
27 December 2017
‘Governments hang on every word that comes out of tests like Pirls, Timms and Pisa - they shouldn’t’
Yes, it’s good news that England is in the top 10 countries in the world for literacy. But, one veteran journalist asks: how valid actually are the Pirls rankings?
16 December 2017