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Prevent: a brief guide to the policy, your school's duty and resources for teachers

Bite Size Policy

When three East London schoolgirls fled Britain to join Islamic State in Syria in February 2015, the education world was forced to ask itself some difficult questions. The government's counter-terrori...

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Recruitment crisis? How to attract school governors to your board

Expert Insights

Good governance is vital to a school's success, which means that appointing the right people to your board is essential. Governors need to be willing to take on this demanding role around their day jo...

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Classroom fad or fix? Taking a closer look at learning styles

Classroom fad or fiction

Confession time: when I was a new teacher, I got my year 11 form group to do a learning styles test to help with their revision. While they answered the questionnaire, I did it too and discovered tha...

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Do smaller class sizes really improve student outcomes?

Research Matters

While it might feel like having fewer pupils in your class would help you make more progress, there is strangely little hard evidence that reducing class sizes consistently improves student attainment...

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A beginner’s guide to Professor James Heckman

Beginners' guides

Where does he work? Heckman is an American economist currently working at the University of Chicago as the Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, professor of law at the Law Schoo...

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