Schools

A matter of course: Teach First graduate Joanna Tate takes a history class at Lea Valley High School in Enfield, north London, watched by head teacher Janet Cullen

Top of the class: How do you lure the cream of Britain's graduates into teaching in inner-city schools?

Teach First has done just that – with extraordinary results. Now it's set to expand.

Inside Schools

Is this really a growing problem in our schools? For and against

Tuesday, 14 September 2010

Kate Fallon and Julia Douetil discuss the claim that SEN classification has expanded unneccessarily

What we'd like to teach Michael Gove

Thursday, 9 September 2010

The Education Secretary has fast-tracked his radical reforms. But what should happen next? Two thinkers with opposing political views give their advice

'Why we're starting our own school'

Thursday, 9 September 2010

Dismayed by lack of choice, London parent Penny Roberts will open one of the first 'free' primaries. But there'll be no place for elitism, she tells Jerome Taylor

Tough lessons: How teachers are seeking answers at Auschwitz

Sunday, 5 September 2010

As pupils across the country prepare to return to lessons, Paul Vallely joins a group of teachers on an educational trip to Auschwitz to ask: how do you bring the real horrors of history alive in the classroom?

Have A-levels had their day?

Thursday, 2 September 2010

Our exam system is narrow in focus and leaves pupils ill-prepared for the world of work. It's time we explored the alternatives, argues Professor Don Nutbeam

Back to school with a bump: Britain's headteachers' associations on spending cuts, Coalition plans and boycotts

Thursday, 26 August 2010

Two heads are better than one, or so the saying goes. Nowhere could that be better put to the test at the moment than in the education world, as both of the country's leading headteacher organisations prepare to start the academic year with a new leader at the helm.