…practice. Observing and feeding back to fellow peers has become the norm at the school, with 63 hours dedicated to professional development throughout the academic year. What’s more the school…
Fiona Millar: The big election idea should be trust teachers
…away to be precise. But the big education idea has yet to reveal itself. What will it be? My prediction is that “choice” and its twin sister, “diversity”, will finally…
Learning what you earn
…composed of graduates, many people wonder whether a degree is really worth it anymore. Overall, the figures suggest that it is. A report released last year by the Department for…
Rosamund Urwin: £926 a month – the cost of being an unpaid intern
…interns understandably complain, they’re often told it was ever thus. I’ve never understood that defence; no one would say that racism is acceptable because prejudice has existed for the majority…
Improving the learning of teachers
…A Sutton Trust review found that over a school year poorer pupils gain 1.5 years’ worth of learning with very effective teachers compared with 0.5 years with poorly performing teachers….
Helping parents to make a difference
…of poverty and disadvantage. In 2010 the Sutton Trust commissioned a study using Millennium Cohort data. The headline figure was a depressing one. Children growing up in the poorest fifth…