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We need to help students develop the resilience to navigate setbacks in their work aspirations and appreciate whatever job they find themselves doing when they grow up, says DeMarco Ryans

When history teacher Kate Jones became nervous about lessons on topics she was less than expert on, her confidence took a nose dive. So, she decided to brush up on her subject knowledge using the same recall techniques she often advocates to her students

So many promises have been broken over the past 18 months. Next term, we must uphold our promise to support teachers – after all, we can’t rely on the government to do so, writes Jon Severs

A new study looks at the link between behaviour and vocabulary in two cohorts of children 30 years apart – the findings are striking and surprising

Covid widened a reading gap between rich and poor, says teacher and researcher Jennifer Milne

For students with special educational needs, film can be a valuable classroom tool. Here one teacher explains why

Teaching should instil ‘ethos and ability’ to care for natural environment, former schools minister tells peers

A new report from the Education Endowment Foundation on cognitive science makes welcome reading – Mark Enser explains why

A new study has taken the smorgasbord of reading research and converted it into bitesize chunks, making the topic easier for time-poor teachers to digest, says Alex Quigley

The Conservative MSP for Dumfriesshire tells Tes about the teachers he remembers who made a difference in his life, and opens up about how his time at school was affected by dyslexia and dyspraxia

The co-founder of the charity Now Teach talks to Tes about her memories of school and why she switched from journalism to teaching, inspired by her mum and daughter, who both work in education

The statistics suggest that boys consistently underperform when compared with girls, and schools’ efforts to overcome that deficit are failing. So, what next? Mark Roberts uncovers the key areas teachers can focus on to get boys back on track