In many ways it’s incredible that in 2014 there is still a debate about whether teachers should be qualified or not. Imagine deliberating similar issues about your lawyer, your doctor or your surgeon…
President Obama’s message has put issues around standardized testing back in the news. Here’s what scholars have been saying.
Phones have the potential to help children learn, but UK teachers need evidence-based guidance on phone use in schools
The British government’s immigration plans may be long-awaited, but they have not come at a good time.
The UK may be facing the worst economic conditions in many years, but the chancellor may prefer not to be overly helpful.
East Asian pupils continue to outpace their counterparts in Western schools.
In The Importance of Teaching white paper in 2010, the government committed itself to developing a “self-improving system of schools”. Four years on there is a risk that a two-tier system will emerge in…
The complex web of teacher trade unionism in the UK is about to become even more convoluted and competitive. One of the headteacher unions, the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), has announced…
Recruitment of student teachers to begin training in 2015 is well underway, and the government hopes it will lead to well over 30,000 new teachers entering the profession in England. But data from the…
Stephen of Tournai wanted Denmark to pay damages for Viking raids on France three centuries before.
