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Amy Solder

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24 February 2018 What research do you need to make evidence-informed decisions about edtech?

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Nicola Lark-Spain

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18 February 2018 Year 6 trainee placement? No need to fear, check out our survival tips ...

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Jill Berry

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10 March 2018 Do good teachers always make effective school leaders?

18 January 2018 Should headteachers and school leaders maintain a teaching commitment?

27 April 2018 I nearly left teaching after the first term – 30 years on, here’s my advice for those considering quitting

14 April 2019 How to unwind in the school holidays: five top tips for teachers

19 November 2018 Internal promotions into school leadership: how to lead those who used to be your colleagues

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Fergal Roche

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02 February 2018 Get it right, and teaching is life-transforming and exciting. Get it wrong, and stress takes over

15 February 2018 If teachers could learn from each other more, maybe teaching could be a lifelong profession – not a four-year sacrifice

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Dr Gary Jones

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10 August 2017 Can school leaders rely on Kotter's change management model?

09 February 2018 How to run a journal club in your school: top tips from research

23 March 2018 Do academy chief executives need to be education experts?

22 April 2017 You don't need a school research champion, you need a team of champions – and here's how to build one

10 March 2017 Foxes vs hedgehogs: 7 evidence-based leadership tips for headteachers

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A beginner’s guide to Sir Michael Barber

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Where does he work? Sir Michael Barber is the founder of Delivery Associations, a consulting agency that works with governments to support the welfare of citizens. He is also a globally reco...

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How to unwind in the school holidays: five top tips for teachers

Throughout my 30 years in education – starting as a classroom teacher and ending as a headteacher – I worked hard: six days a week (and very occasionally, when a head, seven). I was committed and cons...

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The science of sleep and why it should be every new teacher's priority

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We all know the stereotype of the coffee-guzzling, yawn-suppressing teacher – but that image has its roots in the very real stress that teacher's early starts and long hours can put on your body....

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A beginner’s guide to Professor Larry Cuban

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Where does he work? Cuban is a professor of education at Stanford University. He began his career as a high school social studies teacher, working up to district superintendent and finally univer...

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Careers guidance in schools

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Since September 2013, local authority maintained schools have been under a duty to provide impartial careers guidance to pupils from Years 8 to 13 (ages 12-18). The Department for Education (DfE) has ...

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A beginner’s guide to: Professor Barak Rosenshine

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Best known for: Rosenshine's research has contributed significantly to understanding the effectiveness of various instructional methods, which culminated in his identification of 10 principles of...

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A beginner's guide to Professor John Hattie

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Hattie has been Director of the Melbourne Educational Research Institute at the University of Melbourne, Australia, since March 2011. Prior to that he was Project Director of asTTle and Professor of E...

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Dr Gary Jones

Can school leaders rely on Kotter's change management model?

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A few weeks ago I wrote about the need for school leaders to be appropriately critical of educational and management gurus. One such guru is John Kotter, whose name is often found on lists of the worl...

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