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On National Teachers’ Day, author Philip Pullman remembers the teacher who introduced him to Milton’s Paradise Lost

If education concentrates on academic knowledge alone, teachers put themselves in danger of being replaced by machines, argues an academic on this week’s Podagogy podcast

Teaching assistants are under-utilised, under-appreciated and have the potential to be a a hugely positive influence in schools. says academic Rob Webster

Schools play a significant role in establishing and propagating gender norms, which can have a very negative impact on both genders, says Vanita Sundaram

A potentially good read sadly obscured by cliché and jargon

The comedian and actor remembers the support of a warm, energetic primary school teacher – and the painful years that followed their goodbye