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Far from exposing staff to a ‘toxic’ social media environment, head Daniel Woodrow has found communicating with parents on Twitter a wholly positive experience

Students who go on to develop persistent symptoms following a coronavirus infection will need considerable support from teaching staff – especially as their condition may result in an ongoing drop in attendance and an inability to access education in the usual way. Yet there is a real danger that some schools may not take post-Covid-19 syndrome seriously, says Dan Worth

Using prior-attainment data to place students in sets or give them a target grade to work towards not only adds to teachers’ workloads but can actually have a detrimental effect on children’s learning, argues Megan Mansworth

The chief inspector of the Independent Schools’ Inspectorate talks to Tes about her struggles teaching School for Scandal to a bunch of reluctant A-level students, a shaming incident in a maths class and why she’s so grateful to Sir Tim Berners-Lee

Research can shed light on approaches to teaching and learning but education professionals shouldn’t let it dictate their classroom practice

Working-class families are often treated with disdain or pity in public discourse, so it is incumbent on schools to challenge enduring stereotypes

Pit your wits against Tes’ weekly general knowledge quiz

Teachers are frequently urged to try out promising new approaches, but implementing them in the classroom isn’t always straightforward, says Christian Bokhove

New research suggests live video lessons could help schools to close the gap

Students should be taught political literacy so they understand how democracy works when they leave school, say MPs

Star of hit TV show It’s a Sin says young people don’t know about the HIV crisis as it was ‘brushed under the carpet’

The curriculum can help stop sexual harassment and abuse in schools, explains Jenny Fox, of the PSHE Association