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People should see language learning as a life skill – like operating a computer or driving a car, says the director of Scotland’s National Centre for Languages

With the NEU saying that 300,000 teachers joined its first strike this week, will the government be willing to negotiate or should schools be planning for more disruption in March?

The Labour shadow schools minister explains why he believes the first teacher strikes are the culmination of 12 years of under-investment in education by the Conservative party – and why it shows change is needed

Your round-up of Tes’ must-read content from this week features in-depth coverage and analysis from the first teacher strike – including video interviews from staff on the picket lines – and all the reaction from across the country

The watchdog has published its first major subject-focused report on the science curriculum. Here is everything you need to know

How did school leaders manage their pupils and staff as NEU teacher-members walked out yesterday as part of strike action over pay?

New research shows that suspensions can create a ripple effect in the classroom that may be hard to contain, finds Megan Dixon

Use of the DfE’s remote-learning platform peaked as the NEU teaching union held the first of seven planned strike days yesterday

Schools’ Ofsted grades can hinge on ‘arbitrary’ factors like inspectors’ gender and whether they inspect full-time, research reveals

Teachers on picket lines and rallies told Tes that they’d rather be in the classroom, but were striking because it’s ‘short-term pain for long-term gain’

Less than half of schools across England were reported to be fully open on the first day of teacher strike action

Education secretary must ‘step up with concrete and meaningful proposals’ on teachers’ pay to prevent further strikes, say union leaders