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During the first lockdown, teachers had to pull remote learning solutions out of a hat, says Mark Enser. But, while it’s clear that no amount of digital wizardry can replicate the magic of the classroom, tools such as Zoom have transformed the way we think about pedagogy for good

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The Covid ‘stay at home’ rule has worked because most people have believed in it – and the same should apply for school behaviour rules, says Jarlath O’Brien

After 12 months of disruption, schools need to find out what progress students have made. But according to John Hattie and a group of researchers, traditional assessments are not the only way to go

Those who campaign for no exclusions claim to understand the system – so are they OK with a girl sharing space with her rapist, asks Amy Forrester

NAHT says the national recovery effort is the ‘only game in town’ for schools and asks if they should be ‘distracted’ by curriculum-focused inspections

Homeschooling has ruthlessly exposed the fact that our curriculum is not fit for purpose, says the NEU’s Mary Bousted

The death of Sarah Everard highlights the need for schools to talk about violence against women, says Anki Deo

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There’s no getting away from the doom and gloom just now, but Scottish education has plenty to take pride in, writes Henry Hepburn

Smaller class sizes, necessary because of the new social distancing requirements, could prove a long-term solution to tackling the attainment gap, writes Emma Seith

The headteacher of e-Sgoil chats about his formative years growing up in the Outer Hebrides speaking only Gaelic and his ideas for how to close the attainment gap