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First there was The Working Class. Then came Square Pegs. Now is your chance to be part of No Other: Creating Schools Where Everyone Belongs, the third in a unique and important trilogy. The call for contributions is now open.

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Ian Gilbert stumbled across a book that finally makes sense of so much of our modern world. It's the book about the city of Vienna at the turn of the last century that you didn't think you needed. Turns out Ultravox were wrong!

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Each year before SATs week, headteacher Rachel Tomlinson sends that letter to her year six classes. The Daily Mail hates it...

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The second of our Thinking Out Loud sessions was all about the issues put under the spotlight by the Netfix drama, Adolescence. Read the highlights here.

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With everyone talking about that Netflix series, we asked our expert on the topic, Associate Andrew 'Bernie' Bernard, for his advice for parents when it comes to understanding, spotting and combatting toxic masculinity and coercive control.

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We recently interviewed a former teacher about her experience of being a Muslim in Britain today and what advice she would give for schools to help when it comes to diversity, inclusion and stopping the scourge of the racist White Van Man

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ELSA, child bereavement specialist and inveterate hugger Lucy Lynch shares her thoughts and experience on the topic of hugging children in school. Why? When? How? And when not to?

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I’ve inherited a ‘challenging’ class – what can I do to win them over? We asked Independent Thinking Associate and author Lisa Jane Ashes for her thoughts and this is her reply

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How can I practise kindness in a school regime that is all about being strict? We asked Independent Thinking Associate and author of the Kindness Principle, Dave Whitaker, and this is what he had to say.

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Here are 33 ways we can set about building better relationships in schools to make everything better, according to Associate and Restorative Practice guru Mark Finnis.

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It's a world of fake news, deep fake technology and, well, politicians. To help young people navigate such a world, he's our quick and easy guide to critical thinking.