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On May the fourth, staffroom eccentrics don their Chewbacca costumes and pretend the whiteboard markers are light sabres. But Star Wars famous lines strangely apposite are, says this Yoda-like head of humanities

Sessions on subjects such as self-confidence may lead to career-wrecking questions about body parts, but with the pressures of exams running high, they offer a rare opportunity for reflection, says this head of humanities

The education secretary is the latest castaway on Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs. Her plans for the island are characteristically far-reaching, says this head of humanities

This Easter, teachers will be anxiously worrying about what they could have done to improve pupil performance. Meanwhile, exam-focused education is turning children into precious little Easter bunnies, a history teacher writes

The professional social network is rather too similar to the Freemasons for this history teacher

Strikes won’t work, and nor will petitions, writes this head of humanities. If we’re really going to get the public to understand our workload woes, we must scatter ourselves and our piles of marking across the landscape like an Antony Gormley installation