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Many fairy stories reinforce gender stereotypes, cover disturbing themes and have horrific endings. However, research shows that, when approached in a thoughtful way, introducing them in the classroom can help children to develop life skills and cope with problems – as well as being a useful resource for teaching foreign languages, finds Christina Quaine

When Charlotte Noon experimented with language by challenging students whenever they used the word ‘difficult’ to describe new work, the results almost made her fall off her chair

Pit your wits against Tes’ weekly general knowledge quiz

‘Classic’ texts can often bring damaging assumptions and representations to the classroom – we need to reset our choices, says Laura Ovenden

A senior leader explains how her school has set out a clear plan to stamp out harassment of all kinds between students

Covid has presented a chance to give pupils the skills needed for tomorrow’s digital workforce, says Thusha Rajendran

A subject-by-subject guide to proposals set out today by the DfE and Ofqual for next year’s GCSEs and A levels

All the main points from the DfE’s new reading framework, including advice on reading corners, book displays and sandpits

New DfE guidance, which advises against using mini-whiteboards for writing, is teaching us ‘to suck eggs’, say teachers

Pit your wits against Tes’ weekly general knowledge quiz

Schools need more teachers to help with education’s recovery from Covid – but many are finding it difficult to get a job right now, says Emma Seith

Comics, once viewed as ‘the death of reading’ and frowned upon in the classroom, have now been shown to enhance memory and may actually be a more effective teaching tool than a textbook. Head John Rutter explains why he can’t get enough of them