General
Tuesday
21st May 2024
How can schools stay ahead of emerging safeguarding threats?
The latest Tes Big Debate webinar dissects the findings of a new survey that details a raft of safeguarding issues being seen by schools – and how to address them
Learning about climate change: 5 key issues for teachers
Climate change was the focus of award-winning research by Glasgow teacher and researcher Kirstin Campbell, who shares some of the most important messages to emerge
3 reasons to avoid getting AI to write your job application
An assistant head advises teachers to eschew artificial intelligence when creating their personal statements
Friday
17th May 2024
Scotland and Pisa: new analysis of ‘troubling’ results
There are ‘only a few encouraging conclusions for Scottish education policy’ to mitigate declining Pisa scores in maths, science and reading, says Lindsay Paterson
New South Wales curriculum reform needs careful handling
It is too easy for the needed changes to the school curriculum in New South Wales to deteriorate into a social media slanging match – we need understanding from both sides
Thursday
16th May 2024
Sex education: the RSE teaching age limits schools need to know
New proposals specifying age limits for when certain topics cannot be taught in either primary or secondary settings may require schools to rethink their curricula
Why maths curricula must evolve for the ‘computational age’
Technologist Conrad Wolfram posits an overhaul of how we teach maths, arguing for a syllabus that integrates computation and AI
Wednesday
15th May 2024
3 school website updates leaders need to know
DfE guidance includes additions on pay gap reporting and music development plans, and removes mention of the pandemic’s impact on assessments
NI education ‘second to none in any portion of the world’?
It is hard to imagine a more crisis-ridden education system than Northern Ireland’s, says Professor Noel Purdy – but he also sees some cause for hope