General
Saturday
30th Mar 2024
NASUWT votes against moving to a formal strike ballot
78 per cent of members who took part did not support a statutory ballot, NASUWT teaching union announces
Teachers ‘left vulnerable’ by long wait for guidance on restraint
NASUWT teaching union criticises Scottish government for ‘complete abdication of responsibility’ as long wait for official advice on physical intervention continues
Friday
29th Mar 2024
NASUWT: Next government must reverse ‘14 years of underfunding’
‘Our profession is in crisis,’ new NASUWT president Rashida Din will warn at the union’s annual conference today
Nine in 10 teachers back strikes in NEU indicative ballot
NEU teaching union members support striking again over pay and funding in indicative ballot with a 50.3 per cent turnout
NASUWT: Teachers are facing ‘dystopian’ stress levels
The teaching union is campaigning for ‘a new deal for teachers’ in the run-up to the next general election
Thursday
28th Mar 2024
Michael Morpurgo: ‘Reading is not a medicine. You don’t just have to take it’
Establishing a ‘reading culture’ is vital for pupils’ development, but schools face barriers to making this a reality, says the children’s author
Dialogic teaching: 10 principles of classroom talk
What is dialogic teaching and how do you do it effectively? One primary head shares the key principles of this approach
Weekly round-up: Teacher pay drop and school moves
This week’s essential education news includes teachers being hit particularly hard by a real-terms drop in pay and thousands of students’ ‘unexplained’ school moves
‘Frustration’ at performance pay changes no-show
The DfE said in January it aimed to give schools ‘sufficient notice to prepare during the summer for September 2024 implementation’
Exclusive
Jenny Gilruth: a year as Scotland’s education secretary
The Scottish education system can’t be allowed to stagnate, writes Emma Seith – slow reform is increasingly looking like no reform
Welsh heads warn of ‘us versus them’ inspection
In response to research highlighting school leaders’ concerns about inspection, Estyn points to feedback showing that it is viewed ‘positively’ by heads
Why giggling in class is so contagious
An outbreak of continuous laughter can derail a lesson, but does it also bring benefits that teachers may want to utilise, wonders Simon Creasey