Join the Tes team as we discuss the week’s biggest talking points in the world of education. We talk about the looming crisis with maths as students up and down the country sit the tougher GCSEs. We discuss whether wellbeing programmes in schools can actually cause more damage than good. And we speak about how schools can make their work spaces more appealing to staff. Slides could be the answer. Tune in and enjoy.

Join the Tes team as we discuss the week’s biggest talking points in the world of education. We talk about how society has made the decision to prioritise pensioners over pupils and we discuss the latest survey on primary assessment ahead of the National Association of Head Teachers annual conference. We talk about our cover feature on Tony Blair's legacy for education and discuss one school’s unique approach to parental engagement. Tune in and enjoy.

This week the Tes FE News team discuss the thorny issue of principals' salaries. Government figures reveal that in 2015-16 almost 60 per cent of colleges increased spending on principals' and CEOs' salaries, while their staff experienced a national pay freeze. The team also talk about the bromance between apprenticeships and skills minister Robert Halfon and his opposite number, Gordon Marsden, and explain to listeners what an apprenticeship really is.

Join the Tes team as we discuss the week’s biggest talking points in the world of education. We talk about what the general election could mean for education and we discuss the main concerns that emerged from the teacher union conferences over the Easter holidays. We explore the challenges that teachers could face if they seek popularity and we give a preview to our 20 year anniversary piece about Tony Blair's legacy for education in next week's magazine. Tune in and enjoy.

Join the TES team as we discuss the week’s biggest talking points in the world of education. We talk about the magazine's redesign and discuss how a decline in Asian high-flyers' math scores under the latest Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) study could simply be down to switch to computer tests. We explore how dogs can help pupils progress in schools and we talk about Carol Dweck's response to criticism of her growth mindset theory. Tune in and enjoy.

Join the TES team as we discuss the week’s biggest talking points in the world of education. We talk about education secretary Justine Greening being heckled over grammar schools at the Association of School and College Leaders' (ASCL) annual conference. We discuss the budget and our feature on the sector's inability to get the public to fight its case over funding cuts. We explore concerns about a lack of transparency and conflicts of interest within England's eight regional headteacher boards (HTB), and we give a preview to next week's feature on race. Tune in and enjoy. 

 

Join the TES team as we discuss the week’s biggest talking points in the world of education. We talk about new data which reveals a postcode lottery of spending on continuous professional development (CPD), with some parts of the country investing three times more per teacher than others. Following the opening of the ballot for a new education union, we discuss the proposed merger and our exclusive interview with the leaders of the NUT and ATL. We discuss the best ways to help students with their revision in the run-up to exam season, and we give a preview to next week's feature on funding. Tune in and enjoy.  

 

Join the TES team as we look at the week’s biggest talking points in the world of education. We discuss the claim from psychologists that refusing to touch pupils during day-to-day classroom interactions is a form of child abuse. We hear how the amount of school playing field land being earmarked for sell-offs has increased dramatically, and we explore the potential flaws in how schools talk about food. Tune in and enjoy.

Join the TES team as we discuss the week’s biggest talking points in the world of education. We hear how TES columnist and headteacher Geoff Barton fought off competition to win the leadership of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL). We discuss the research suggesting that schools could be gaming the system by shedding low attainers, and we talk about our poll showing that more than a third of teachers are willing to wear body cameras in schools. Tune in and enjoy.

Join the TES team as we discuss the week’s biggest talking points in the world of education. We hear how the boss of Pisa (Programme for International Student Assessment) thinks funding cuts in England will hurt school standards, and we explore the most interesting findings from our investigation into the accounts of 20 academy chains. We discuss our interview with former left-wing NUT activist John Blake - who has been appointed as the new head of education at the right-leaning thinktank Policy Exchange, and we talk about how many learning methods in schools are not supported by research. Tune in and enjoy.