January 8, 2017 at 03:39AM On Europe, the key issue is not article 50. Rather, the answer to the question (Editorial, 6 January) on how to combine a border regime that is fluid enough to preserve economic dynamism and rigorous enough to inspire public confidence lies in articles 48 and 49 of the original treaty […]

January 8, 2017 at 03:39AM There was an omission in your article on the public services in 2017 (Society, 4 January): there was no mention of education. Yet the government’s long-awaited announcement of its national funding formula for schools has left head teachers and politicians reeling. The NUT and ATL were accused by the Department

January 8, 2017 at 03:39AM Wouldn’t today’s economists be better served by reading some economics history rather than relying on their models (Economics in crisis, admits Bank expert, 6 January)? JK Galbraith’s classic The Great Crash, 1929 details the things that contribute to a volatile, overheating economy, and in the foreword to the recent reprint,

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January 7, 2017 at 11:12PM I teach many students who stubbornly insist that they revise best simply by re-reading their notes.  I have also known students to ignore their notes altogether and instead revise exclusively by reading the textbook, despite my warnings that the textbook in question does not cover the whole syllabus and/or includes

January 7, 2017 at 07:00PM This is part 1 of a series of blogs on my new book, Making Good Progress?: The future of Assessment for Learning. Click here to read the introduction to the series. Giving feedback works. There is an enormous amount of evidence that shows this, much of it summarised in Black

January 7, 2017 at 06:01PM The government’s plan to open new grammar schools is a key policy of Theresa May’s new “shared society”, the education secretary has said. Justine Greening told the Andrew Marr show this morning that her department’s approach to expanding selection in England was an example of the government’s efforts to realise

January 7, 2017 at 01:00PM The Department for Education is recruiting a team of “behavioural insights” experts to aid ministers in their policymaking decisions. The move is aimed at changing the “culture” of the department with psychology specialists applying behavioural science from the start when new policies are developed. The team is also expected to