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Campaigners have urged the government to pilot four-day working weeks in schools in England and Wales saying it would boost teacher wellbeing, retention and recruitment rates.The…

Some people dream about retirement as heaven; I see it as hell. I do not wish to retire. I am only 80 and have been a…

My uncle Howel Jones, who has died aged 96, was a teacher dedicated to the Methodist church, the application of his faith to local government and…

When I first began teaching Islam, there was no road map. In 2001, I was a visiting assistant professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern studies at…

Is it possible for someone you’ve never met to be a mentor? I don’t know how else to describe Ken Bain, author of What the Best…

Ed Sheeran has taken partial credit for the government’s move to overhaul the teaching of music in England’s state schools shortly after being mentioned by the…

As with the prior column, this week’s thesis evolves out of the Zoom keynote to the Rethink AI Conference, sponsored in part by the International Academy…

Across the UK, school pupils have been shouting out the words “sixseven” during lessons in the latest meme-based craze to sweep across classrooms.While some teachers have…

Across the UK, teachers are being subjected to the echoes of the words “six-seven” shouted out at random by pupils in a new craze sweeping through…

Welcome to Education Week’s Weekly News Quiz! We’re here every Thursday to test how well you’ve kept up with the latest education news. After you finish…