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Debates about the best ways to teach children to read have raged in education for years. On 15 June 2018, three researchers, Kate Nation, Kathleen Rastle and Anne Castles, turned to evidence from psychological science in an attempt to cut through the divisive rhetoric

In May 2017, Kat Arney found that AI has the potential to transform the way we view education, how teachers teach and how everyone in schools behaves – for better and for worse

Developmental language disorder (DLD) is likely to affect children in every school. But, as Adi Bloom found in 2018, few teachers had even heard of this common special educational need

Three years ago, more young people than ever were turning to charities for help with anxiety – and school stress was blamed as one of the root causes. In May 2018, Kat Arney set out to get to the bottom of the problem – and find out how worried we should be

Worries about work can spoil your Christmas – here, one teacher shares the lessons he’s learned when they’ve consumed him

Engaging with children’s authors takes time and effort – but it pays off in the classroom, argues Larraine Harrison

Incorporating research and evidence in initial teacher education can help trainees to develop inclusive and critical views, but how much of a focus should it be? Christian Bokhove considers the options

The number of autism diagnoses among school pupils has risen steeply in recent years – and this makes it increasingly important that there is a consistently high level of support delivered across mainstream schools, experts tell Claudia Civinini

Our education system is the victim of a huge lie: the idea that anyone will succeed if they work hard enough, says philosophy teacher Bernard Andrews. The great social mobility trick has left us with qualifications that penalise the poor, he warns, as he recommends five policy changes to level up the system and help the most vulnerable young people in our society

Now that research is breaking down the myths around girls and autism, here’s what teachers can do in their classrooms to support them

Time-wasting pro formas have largely disappeared, says Hanna Miller – but consistency is still key in lesson planning

To mark Tes’ 111th anniversary, we’ve been looking back through our archives at key news events. In this article, Claudia Civinini reflects on a sex education film that sparked controversy in 1971 and asks experts about the effectiveness of the latest RSE statutory guidance for schools introduced last year