Even the ATL, the most moderate teaching union, has been on strike twice during the lifetime of this government. Its leader, Mary Bousted, tells Richard Garner what action is needed to defuse the discontent http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/schools/why-teachers-are-so-angry-botched-education-reforms-increased-workload-meddling-ministersyou-name-it-10134089.html
Association of Teachers and Lecturers’ conference told that government guidance after Trojan horse affair in Birmingham was ‘political posturing’ http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/mar/30/teachers-urged-to-disengage-from-promotion-of-british-values
David Cameron argues we need to train the smartest to teach. But Finnish universities select only 10% of applicants – and not the cleverest http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/mar/31/finnish-teachers-special-train-teach
Doug Lemov believes great teachers are made, not born – and his ideas are transforming education http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/mar/11/revolution-changing-way-your-child-taught
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http://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2014/jun/03/university-league-tables-2015-by-subject
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Nancie Atwell opened the Center for Teaching and Learning 25 years ago to make the classroom a place for ‘wisdom and happiness’. Last month her emphasis on student choice and self-expression earned her the Global Teaching Prize, dubbed the Nobel Prize of teaching http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/mar/23/worlds-best-teacher-nancie-atwell-maine-center-for-teaching-and-learning
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Union study found that fear of being falsely accused is primary reason for some teachers to consider leaving the profession altogether http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/mar/30/one-in-five-school-staff-victims-of-false-claims-survey-shows