General
Thursday
15th Sep 2022
Funding pressures risk hitting disadvantaged pupils ‘heavily’
Leaders issue the warning at a Tes webinar for the launch of our Tes Education Insights report on school funding
School budgeting in 2022 is ‘like trying to nail jelly to a wall’
The new education secretary must provide answers on the school costs crisis as soon as possible, business and union bosses have warned
Minister insists funding for Youth Music Initiative is ‘secure’
News of ‘pause’ to long-running Youth Music Initiative prompted concerns that it was a victim of emergency budget review
Does the weather affect students’ behaviour?
It’s a commonly held belief that certain weather, such as wind and rain, make a class trickier to manage. But is that belief supported by research? Kate Parker takes a look at the evidence
Wednesday
14th Sep 2022
School energy support may be backdated ‘if necessary’
The lack of concrete information about the support scheme had left schools ‘in limbo’, a union leader has warned
How a periodic table of mythology brings the Classics to life
The organisational genius of the periodic table has uses beyond the science department, says Classics teacher George Connor
Experts hope new Israel-Palestine resources will give history teachers confidence
A twice-pulled GCSE textbook on Middle Eastern history has now been replaced with a ‘dual narrative’ resource
Oak: Lawyers say there are grounds for legal challenge over quango
Exclusive: The British Educational Suppliers Association has been told by its lawyers that there are grounds for a judicial review over Oak National Academy, Tes understands
Tuesday
13th Sep 2022
Should you correct your pupils’ speech?
Policing non-standard English when pupils talk might seem to be a good way to standardise how they write, but the practice could do more harm than good, researchers suggest
Sarah Brown: ‘Everyone’s got a story about a wonderful teacher’
The job can be frustrating, but teachers should never lose sight of the huge impact they have, says the founder of global education charity Theirworld
Education inequalities: second chances and vocational education
In the second of a three-part series, authors from the IFS detail why the government needs to improve the second chances on offer to individuals to ensure the benefits of a good education are not lost forever