General
Friday
14th Jan 2022
5-day Covid isolation ‘doesn’t solve’ school staff issues
Heads’ leader says the only way to properly resolve the issue would be if less staff were being infected
What teachers can learn from ‘bug-in-ear’ coaching
Teachers receiving live feedback through an earpiece whilst teaching has become a popular training technique in some US schools. But how well does it work?
Government needs to wake up to the reality in schools
Schools need help to mitigate staff absence and learning loss – and fast, argues Jon Severs
New MFL GCSEs to avoid ‘posh’ and ‘unfair’ references
The government has confirmed controversial MFL changes will go ahead to ‘boost accessibility’, but heads’ leaders have dismissed the reforms as ‘prescriptive and grinding’
Time management: is this approach the silver bullet?
In teaching, the job is never ‘done’; there’s always more work to do. So how can teachers manage their time? Mark Enser shares his approach
Covid tutoring: Why hasn’t the magic happened?
How come take-up for the National Tutoring Programme has been so low? Laura McInerney breaks down what’s gone wrong
Why the call for former teachers and NTP has fallen flat
Geoff Barton casts a quizzical eye over a week that revealed the stark reality of how some much hyped-up government initiatives have failed to deliver – and why schools have pressed on regardless
Over 5,000 Scottish school staff absent due to Covid
Almost 3,000 of those staff unable to attend school this week were teachers, national statistics show
The Tes quiz: stages, shapes and Spidey
Pit your wits against Tes’ weekly general knowledge quiz...
Teachers ‘unable to work’ due to lack of Covid tests
Concern as one in 12 teachers say a lack of PCR and lateral flow tests has kept colleagues off school