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State schools in England and Wales are legally required to provide acts of collective worship.
Despite no evidence of a plot emerging, the Trojan Horse affair had a real and detrimental impact.
Pursuing perfection is unnecessary and unrealistic.
Teachers thought there should be less focus on assessments.
Children who missed part of their reception year were three months behind in reading.
Learning outdoors has benefits for children’s health, mood and social skills.
Studying English literature at school is very different to reading for pleasure.
Several schools in Scotland have paused the rollout of facial recognition technology in school canteens following inquiries from the UK Information Commissioner’s Office.
It is a false dichotomy to judge schools as either ‘safe’ or ‘unsafe’. The reality is more complicated.
Take part in collaborative working and play to your strengths.
Remote work provided by schools is particularly important to underprivileged families.
Our research can help understand the role schools play in transmission.
Exercise classes are made up of one-way instruction – but PE is collaborative and can teach all-round skills.
It’s not just children designated as being ‘at risk’ who are vulnerable. There are thousands of others who have not been assessed and who need the ‘safe haven’ of school.
Start early and choose teachable moments over a ‘big talk’.
As British journalist and author, Reni Eddo-Lodge, writes, the US civil rights movement too often becomes “the story of the struggle against racism”.
The children in our study had concerns that included making friends, meeting new teachers and coping with school work.
Teenagers told us they experienced racism at school, on social media, and in their wider community.
As lockdowns end, schools are reopening. But it will be far from normal.
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Professor of Education and Public Policy, Durham University
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Associate Professor at the Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Early Childhood and Primary Education, UCL
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Rosalind Hollis Professor of Education for Social Justice, University of Hull
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Associate Professor, School of Education, Durham University
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Professor of Education Research, School of Education, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Education, Sheffield Hallam University
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Assistant Professor of Behavioural Science, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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Research Fellow in Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University
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Lecturer in Education, Swansea University
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Associate Pro Vice Chancellor for Student Inclusion and Professor of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, University of East Anglia
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Director, Nottingham Institute of Education, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of Sociology of Education, UCL
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Associate Professor of Education Policy, Nottingham Trent University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology in Education, University of Bristol