Darren explores the history and traditions of April Fools' day, including a reading from Chaucer which is believed to be the first link between 1st April and foolishness.

My guest this week is Kirsty Ruthven, a teacher and school leader. We discuss gender stereotyping in schools and why gender is always such a difficult issue for schools. Kirsty work with the organization Lifting Limits.

The expectations set up by gender stereotypes are factors in a number of limiting and damaging social outcomes such as behaviour in and beyond school, mental health and sexual harassment.

Children are constantly sent messages from those around them, including slogans on T-shirts and every day expressions. Some are seemingly ‘harmless banter’, some are more obviously offensive, but they all have a cumulative impact that shape expectations and behaviours.

Toby and Ed rambled about everything and nothing in their own inimitable way before delving into the thorny issue of school funding.  They discussed some of the differences between the state system and the private system and considered the challenges facing the former, and acknowledging that there are many good people in all sectors of education, doing great work, but that after a long, cold, wet winter everyone is in need of a good, restful break...

Had has a chat with Alexa Rose Pettinari about how and why we need to get the SDGs into our classrooms.

Christopher discusses American math education and student anxiety with Dr Katie Nall @KatieNallPhD and is taken through an on-air demonstration of the Emotional Freedom Technique as a de-stressing strategy.

My first guest, Liliana Sanchez, British Council Head of English Programmes in Mexico, talks about the low tech approach to teacher development adopted in a rural school indigenous community in the state of Chiapas. Then, my experience of the recent TESOL convention in Portland, Oregon, leads onto discussion about the value of conferences in general, face-to-face vs online conferences and the divide between research and teaching, featuring TTR's very own Tom Rogers and future TTR-show-host Kathryn Taylor. 

Darren talks about being an unintentional role model and what role modelship in school looks like.

Brent Poland is joined by guests to discuss the very latest in a controversial week for the schools inspectorate in England. What should happen to OFSTED? The Caversham Primary School OFSTED report is discussed in detail and Brent is joined by Naureen Khalid, Daisy Turner and latterly by a former member of staff at Caversham, Kate Wells. 

In this episode, Poppy is joined by special guest Marie Greenhalgh, Head of Inclusion College. We discuss barriers and educational challenges for children who have been adopted, and Marie shares personal experience and advice for parents and educators in supporting children who have been adopted.