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- New in at number one (as correctly prompted by Sue Cowley) Children’s mental health.
- Improvements in social justice and reductions in inequality.
- Increasing democratic participation and decision-making for students, parents, communities and teachers.
- Increasing democratic accountability of schools to local communities.
- Improve professional standing of teachers, ensure appropriate work-life balance, fair pay and conditions. Teacher well-being and mental health.
- Make teacher training a 5 year doctorate qualification. First 2 years university-school partnership, then 3 years in practice.
- More professional development opportunities for teachers, teachers having access to masters-level qualification at least.
- A more open discussion about data, evidence and research claims and its potential to improve practice and how it might impact on learning.
- An open discussion about the role of the private sector in public education.
- Greater transparency in the formation of policy.
- A review of testing and accountability.
- Accountability measures through sampling rather than universal testing.
- Ofsted to be more independent of government.
- Greater funding for a wider variety of educational research, reduce focus on RCTs.
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28. Letting teachers who want to use synthetic phonics use them if they find them useful.
995. Review teaching practice which involves teachers categorising students as having a V, A or K learning style.
997. Review whether teachers wanting kids in rows memorising stuff is a good or bad thing.
Yes, a thousand times, to this.