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Examining the language that he uses with pupils has helped English teacher Mark Roberts to get a handle on behaviour management. Here, he explains how

As education research filters down into classroom practice, there are four key questions every leader and teacher needs to ask when looking at a new ‘evidence-based’ approach, says Becky Francis

We know how damaging low-level disruption can be in the classroom – and yet there’s little support available in education policy for teachers when it comes to tackling it. It’s not an easy problem to fix, finds Kate Parker, as she speaks to the experts about the impact, causes and solutions

New research looks at how differences in textbooks might affect pupils’ performance in maths, but we should be wary of reading too much into it, says Christian Bokhove

Michael Young’s work on powerful knowledge has made him one of the most high-profile educational theorists working today. George Duoblys sat down with Professor Young to find out more about his ideas and address some of the misconceptions that have sprung up around them

Assessing pupils’ reading levels against the ‘readability’ of texts is a simple way to measure progress, but only provides a snapshot of a pupil as a reader, warns Megan Dixon

Adam Riches offers sure-fire tips for cutting down your planning time and getting a better work-life balance

Finding the right way to approach teaching events such as the death of Queen Elizabeth II can be a challenge, says Clare Jarmy, who offers her advice

It’s a commonly held belief that certain weather, such as wind and rain, make a class trickier to manage. But is that belief supported by research? Kate Parker takes a look at the evidence

The organisational genius of the periodic table has uses beyond the science department, says Classics teacher George Connor

Policing non-standard English when pupils talk might seem to be a good way to standardise how they write, but the practice could do more harm than good, researchers suggest

Don’t fall into the trap of thinking that smiling to pupils undermines your assertiveness as a teacher, says Jamie Thom