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Te s 21 MAY 2021
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The mask slips Safety fears over lifting the masks-in-classrooms rule, schools reveal their holiday catch-up plans and other top articles from tes.com
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Colleges’ crusader Answering Tes’ 10 questions, AoC chief David Hughes talks of a teacher who sent him for cigarettes, and the FE funding crisis
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A spanner in the works The authors of the EEF Teaching and Learning Toolkit warn that a shift in government policy is needed to close the disadvantage gap
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Let’s get writing right There is a problem with the way we teach writing – it is focused on mechanics, not the power of the written word, say two experts
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Social savvy With a growing number of staff building their own brand on social media, Te s asks: what are the pitfalls of being a teacher influencer?
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Golden retrieval Seeing the impact of retrieval quizzing in secondary, Ceri Eccles decided to try it in her primary school – with outstanding results
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I got a feeling If leaders support teachers’ socioemotional intelligence, staff will better model ways for pupils to manage their feelings, says one academic
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The training gender gap Employers are more likely to pay for work-based training for male staff, data shows – so what can be done to tackle this gender gap?
Next week What’s the purpose of education? John Morgan seeks answers to some big questions about our schools system