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If we want students to take control of their learning, we first need to implement mechanistic metacognition so that they understand how best to learn, argues Jared Cooney Horvath

Increase in challenging behaviour from children and parents is impacting teachers’ mental health and wellbeing, charity warns

Opposition politicians blame the Scottish government, saying the drop in public satisfaction is a ‘damning indictment of the SNP’s record on schools’

But former Ofsted chief backs a return to inspecting teaching as a separate category in school inspections

Councils ‘baulked’ at putting in place safety measures in schools during the pandemic because of ‘the potential costs’, teaching union boss tells Scottish Covid Inquiry

A headteacher outlines why those in education should welcome the Department for Education’s move to tackle for-profit care home providers

With temperatures across the UK starting to dip, we look at how cold a school classroom can get before it becomes legally uninhabitable

Certain research studies achieve legendary status in education, such as the 1988 baseball study on reading comprehension, writes Christian Bokhove. But what does it really tell us?

The lunch hour is the only part of the school day that is means-tested. It shouldn’t be that way, argues Kate Anstey of Child Poverty Action Group

Teachers felt their lives – and those of their families – mattered less than political and economic considerations, EIS boss tells Covid inquiry

Opportunities to inform policy on curriculum and assessment don’t come around often – so make sure you respond to the call for evidence before it closes this Friday, says headteacher Michael Tidd

Girls’ Schools Association president says Labour’s ‘rushed’ policy is forcing ‘stark and unfair’ choices on parents