politics

Interview Leadership Policies 

Toxic Headteacher: When A Bully Plays With Your Career

11th November 201811th November 2018 A Teacher 1244 Views 10 Comments Capability, challenge, manipulative, Ofsted, opposition, Performance Management, Policies, politics, Power, references, Settlement Agreement, teaching unions, toxic schools, Union, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 3 minutes What happens when the education system lets you down?

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Staff Well Being Staffing 

Staffroom Politics

20th January 201818th July 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1293 Views 1 Comment comedy, Education, James Wren, mindfulness, Podcast, politics, Relax, School, Staff Room, Stress, teacher, teaching

Reading Time: 1 minute What does mindfulness look like in your school?

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Policies Politics Research 

7 Education Policy Recommendations

9th November 20177th November 2017 @TeacherToolkit 3886 Views 0 Comments David Frost, Department for Education, Education, Education Forward, Educational International, Flip the System, government, Jelmer Evers, John Bangs, leadership, Lord Jim Knight, Policy, policymakers, politics, Rene Kneyber, School, Schools, teacher, Teacher Self-Efficacy, teaching

Reading Time: 2 minutes At what point will teachers begin to drive the education agenda?

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Leadership Staff Well Being Teaching and Learning 

Can You Be Better Than Before?

25th September 201724th September 2017 @TeacherToolkit 3030 Views 0 Comments #MarkPlanTeach, Appraisal, Bullying, Call to Arms, Capability, leadership, Observations, Politicians, politics, redundancy, School Improvement, Think Tanks, watchdogs

Reading Time: 2 minutes Is there a danger that ‘always striving to be better’ is damaging to the teaching profession?

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DfE Politics 

If I Were Secretary of State for Education …

10th June 201710th June 2017 @TeacherToolkit 4401 Views 0 Comments #GE2017, Conservatives, Department for Education, DfE, Education, General Election, government, Justine Greening, labour, liberal democrats, Michael Gove, Ofsted, Policy, politics, refom, Secretary of State

Reading Time: 2 minutes If I were Secretary of State for Education …

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Policies Politics 

Education: Who Should Teachers Vote For?

4th June 20174th July 2017 @TeacherToolkit 6353 Views 0 Comments #GE2017, Angela Rayner, Conservatives, Education, General Election, government, John Pugh, Justine Greening, labour, liberal democrats, Manifesto, Michael Gove, Policy, politics, Secretary of State, SSAT

Reading Time: 2 minutes Who should teachers vote for in the general election (June 2017)?

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Leadership Politics 

Education Empowerment

11th May 20179th May 2017 @TeacherToolkit 3402 Views 2 Comments budget, business, commodity, Finance, Free Schools, government, MATs, Policies, politics, Values, Vision

Reading Time: 4 minutes How can we empower teachers and schools without sucking the life out of the education system?

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Politics 

Fox, Owl, Sheep Or Mule?

3rd May 20174th May 2017 John Dabell 2618 Views 0 Comments animal, David Bancroft-Turner, Education, fox, goal alignment, Mike Clayton, mule, organisation, owl, political intelligence, politics, School, sheep, teaching, workplace

Reading Time: 2 minutes What type of political animal are you?

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International Politics Teaching and Learning 

International Women’s Day

8th March 20177th March 2017 Hollie Anderton 2701 Views 1 Comment #BeBoldForChange, Equality, Gul Makai, Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Peace Prize, politics, politics and education, sheforumafrica.com, WomenEd

Reading Time: 3 minutes Why should you #BeBoldForChange?

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Policies Politics 

7 Dark Think Tanks Spend £22 Million to Influence UK Politics

12th February 201712th February 2017 @TeacherToolkit 4950 Views 0 Comments Adam Smith Institute, Civitas, Donors, Education, Funding, International Institute for Strategic Studies, Policy Exchange, Policy Network, politics, The Fabian Society, Think Tank, Transparify

Reading Time: 5 minutes Who are the most opaque think tanks in the UK?

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Politics 

Playing Politics

7th July 20167th July 2016 @TeacherToolkit 2381 Views 1 Comment Academisation, National Union of Teachers, Nicky Morgan, NUT, politics, Strike Action, White Paper

Reading Time: 2 minutes Are teachers playing political football with children’s lives?

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Politics 

EU Referendum

10th June 201630th July 2017 @TeacherToolkit 3892 Views 0 Comments Brexit, EU, EU Referendum, Europe, politics, UK, Universities

Reading Time: 3 minutes How will the European Union referendum impact universities, schools and students?

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DfE Leadership Twitter 

The Impact Of #SLTchat Across The UK

15th September 20132nd October 2018 @TeacherToolkit 2394 Views 4 Comments @MrLockyer, @MsFindlater, @SLTcamp, @SLTeachMeet, Blogging, Department for Education, Education, politics, Social network, social-media, TeachMeet, TwitPoll, Twitter

Reading Time: 5 minutes Over the past 13 months, I have watched @SLTchat grow and establish the #SLTchat hashtag for education on social-media. This has

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@TeacherToolkit Seasonal Staff Well Being Thunks 

The politics of school car-parking, by @LipLash_Mason

23rd May 201323rd August 2015 @TeacherToolkit 1856 Views 3 Comments Cars, Education, Parking space, politics, School, school car, Staff Room, teaching, Thunks, tin foil, TTkitThunks

Reading Time: 3 minutes This post answers the 27th question from my TeacherToolkit Thinking page of Thunks. Thunk 27: The politics of school car

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@TeacherToolkit Teaching and Learning Thunks 

The day I forgot to plan my lesson, by Geography teacher @JohnSayers

22nd October 20129th June 2014 @TeacherToolkit 2928 Views 0 Comments climate, Education, geography teacher, gift of wisdom, Lesson planning, politics, science

Reading Time: 5 minutes This post answers the 15th question from my TeacherToolkit Thinking page of Thunks. You can see my other top-Thunks here.

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DfE Teaching and Learning Thunks 

Have Your Political Views Changed As A Teacher?

23rd September 201230th December 2017 @TeacherToolkit 1472 Views 2 Comments conservative, ed balls, labour, liberal democrats, Michael Gove, politics, politics and education, school leadership

Reading Time: 6 minutes This post answers the first question from my TeacherToolkit Thinking page of Thunks. You can see my other Thunks here.

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