Blogs

2020: The Year When Digital Learning Came Into Its Own

2020 - unforgettable but may herald a better, more equitable future for education

2 Dec

Great Teaching and Learning? It’s a habit!

Our habits are like an automatic pilot that helps us do everything without too much thinking. We know what we are doing and how to do it. Then a pandemic hits and changes everything. Jackie Beere explains how teachers can adapt their habits of excellence.

20 Nov

Only A Crisis Can Produce Real Change

Headteacher Shonogh Pilgrim misses lockdown and has some bitter-sweet reflections about the return to a less-than-great ‘normal'.

9 Nov

Learning the Lessons of Lockdown is Everyone’s Responsibility

Olly Newton, Executive Director, Edge Foundation, believes that the disruption of lockdown has been creative as well as horribly challenging.

28 Oct

Consistency and continuity in and out of the classroom with Net Support

Al Kingsley, MD at NetSupport, reflects on the impact of class management technologies.

9 Oct

Guild meets the need for a robust digital communication strategy

With pupils returning to the classroom and unprecedented levels of uncertainty, it is vital that schools have sound online systems and a robust digital communication strategy, argues Ashley Friedlein, CEO of Guild.

9 Oct

KAZ: Why a little competition is no bad thing

Keene Braganza, managing director, KAZ Type Limited, describes the benefits of launching an international competition

9 Oct

A Vision For Inclusive Middle Leadership

Professor Sonia Blandford, CEO of Achievement for All, argues that an inclusive school needs vision, and in particular an ethos for inclusive middle leadership who will be asked, after all, to do most of the heavy lifting.

5 Oct

What Happened To Learning During The Lockdown In Leeds?

The digital divide is deeply affecting children, families and teachers as Leila Johnston reports from Yorkshire.

28 Sep

Leading Academy Trusts – A Reflection

On the publication of his book ‘Leading Academy Trusts – Why some fail but most don’t’ Sir David Carter, former National Schools Commissioner, looks back on what he has learned about leadership and managing multi-academy trusts over a 37 year career.

18 Sep

Rescuing A Generation At Risk From Covid And Exclusions

A project at Lyng School In Coventry, which has 50 per cent of its children on free school meals, has shown remarkable success in keeping all its children engaged during the lockdown. Sonia Blandford describes the project and argues that it should be rolled out across the country.

11 Aug

The do’s and don’ts of remote learning – How AI works and what it brings to the table

Dr Sara de Freitas, executive director of education at Wey Education, providers of InterHigh, the online school, shares her advice on retaining and refining the advantages we have all experienced from online, blended learning during Covid-19.

10 Aug

The GCSE And A Level Results Will Just Not Be Fair!

The new exam results based on a system of teacher expectations and school benchmarking, will not be accurate or fair to children from disadvantaged backgrounds, argues Professor Nicola Ingram.

6 Aug

Teaching Climate Change And Bio-Diversity

Sue Lyle introduces the Climate Change Curriculum- A special edition of Creative Teaching and Learning that responds to the legitimate concerns of children that the next big crisis, larger and more destructive than Covid-19, is the destruction of our environment!

9 Jul

Can White People Ever Emotionally Understand The Impact of Racism?

Sue Lyle, a teacher trainer for over 20 years has struggled to understand racism and to give would-be teachers a small insight into what it feels to be child from a BAME community. Understanding white privilege and the power of fiction have helped, she says.

18 Jun

BBC’s Bitesize Daily is not the solution to the Covid crisis

Count von Count, the friendly, maths-loving vampire on Sesame Street might be many children’s maths entry-point, but the character is rarely described as a substitute maths teacher. Video, whether online or on TV, is fundamentally a one-way medium. While there is certainly value in using TV programmes as an educational aid, they are no substitute for a teacher.

3 Jun

Grasping the opportunities of the digital age

More than any other initiative Apps for Good has probably been responsible for getting girls to engage with technology.

3 Jun

Flipping Schools: Now Is The Time To Turn Schools Inside Out

Malcolm Groves and John West-Burnham, authors of ‘Flipping Schools,’ urge a radical re-think to school improvement, one that offers a culture of community and equality.

3 Jun

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