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What Craft Teaches That the Textbook Cannot: Hands, Materials, and the Intelligence of Making

What Craft Teaches That the Textbook Cannot: Hands,

The cognitive demands of making something with your hands — planning, sequencing, problem-solving, refining — are substantial and largely invisible
Music Education in Government Schools: The Case for a Subject That Was Never Fully Given a Chance

Music Education in Government Schools: The Case for

Music has been on the school curriculum in India for decades. It has rarely been staffed, funded, or taken seriously.
The Teacher Who Has Given Up: Recognising and Responding to Burnout in Indian School Staff

The Teacher Who Has Given Up: Recognising and

Teacher burnout is common, consequential, and rarely discussed openly. The research on what causes it and what alleviates it has
Parents as Partners, Not Problems: Rethinking the School-Community Relationship

Parents as Partners, Not Problems: Rethinking the School-Community

Most Indian schools manage their relationships with parents rather than building them. The research on what happens when schools genuinely
Data That Improves Schools Versus Data That Buries Them: Making Sense of the Information Flood

Data That Improves Schools Versus Data That Buries

Indian school headmasters spend increasing hours reporting data to higher authorities. Very little of this data ever returns in a
What Education Is For: A Final Essay for Every Teacher Who Has Ever Wondered Why This Matters

What Education Is For: A Final Essay for

At the end of a long term, in the face of impossible demands and inadequate resources, it is worth returning
The Headmaster Who Teaches: Instructional Leadership and Why Administrative Management Is Not Enough

The Headmaster Who Teaches: Instructional Leadership and Why

The evidence on school leadership is specific: headmasters who act as instructional leaders produce better outcomes than headmasters who manage
Teaching Children About the Climate Emergency Without Causing Climate Anxiety: A Careful Balance

Teaching Children About the Climate Emergency Without Causing

Climate change is the defining challenge of today’s students’ lives. Research on climate change education identifies approaches that develop agency
Belonging as a Learning Condition: Why School Climate Matters More Than Most People Think

Belonging as a Learning Condition: Why School Climate

Children who feel they belong in their school — who feel known, safe, and valued — learn more, stay longer,
When a Teacher Notices: Early Identification of Emotional Difficulty and the Non-Clinician’s Role

When a Teacher Notices: Early Identification of Emotional

Teachers are not therapists. But they are with children for six hours a day, five days a week, for ten