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9th February- Intolerable stress of anticipating inspection at any moment (and 'satisfactory' scrapped) (and outstanding re-examined)

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8th February- Tuition fee loans for parents or better way to pay for childcare?

7th February- Early childhood action: 'An alternative curriculum for under-fives'

6th February- What the Dickens?! Great Expectations or Hard Times?

6th February- What is 'failure'?

3rd February- Welcome to the distorted world of Planet Gove!

2nd February- Bring back polytechnics?

31st January- Teacher? Would you like Gove as your shadow for the day?

31st January- Scrap league tables not vocational qualifications

26th January- Education pulled apart by competing visions

25th January- Are extended (free) school services for the benefit of children or parents?

23rd January- What would you #AskGove?

18th January 2012- The Authorised Version according to Gove

17th January 2012- Intolerable stress of anticipating inspection at any moment (and "satisfactory" scrapped) (updated)

16th January 2012- Royal yacht? HMS Gove-go-fore?

13th January 2012- Bad week for teachers

12th January 2012- Pupils need to be literate but do they all need to be programmers?

12th January 2012- What are your views on Raising the Participation Age (RPA)?

10th January 2012- Intolerable stress of anticipating inspection at any moment

9th January- Adventure activity changes could reduce confidence and increase bureaucracy

9th January- School support staff: We want to hear your views

5th January- Q: Where is Stephen Twigg's inspirational vision for education? A: Four Yorkshiremen

4th January- Giving health and safety powers to school governors could be dangerous

4th January- Big Brother Gove should mind his totalitarian language

22nd December- Coalition Christmas 2

12th December- Should childcare be free for all?

12th December- We need to champion financial education

8th December- Banding begins but let's not get started. Give it a chance

8th December- Gove gives guilty verdict before exams inquiry starts

2nd December- Is it really better to be feared than loved as a headteacher or Ofsted Chief Inspector?

1st December- Supply teacher crisis in Scotland

30th November- Planet Osborne is a frozen planet bleak beyond imagination

25 November- Unholy row over King James Bible plan

25 November- Why we're not striking on 30 November

23 November- History in the making

21 November- Childhood, X Factor obsession and the "moral abyss"

21 November- Are schools being forced to be 'free?'

15th November- When does freedom of expression become abuse? Reflections on 30 November 2011

14th November- Who's coasting? First 'Dirty Harry', now Dirty Dave's having a dig

11th November- Lost for Words

10th November- Unfair dismissal- should it be easier to fire employees?

8th November- You don't have to have a first to be an excellent teacher

7th November- Pride and prejudice of the National Curriculum Review

3rd November- Adults are to blame for their attitudes to children- not children themselves

3rd November- Family attitudes- not school systems- slowing down social mobility

1st November- Ofsted's chief inspector must be independent, but "Dirty Harry"

1st November- Academies- draining funds from other schools?

31st October- The future of the teaching unions

31st October- Scottish teachers: are you buying your own classroom resources?

26th October- It's the Beecroft report that's "terrible" not unfair dismissal

25th October- Make a stand against bullying in the workplace

25th October- IFS Report: Should UK be world's educator rather than world's policeman?

24th October- Should all children have to learn to read using phonics?

20th October- Hidden history, current attitudes

20th October- Who inspects the inspectors? Rate my Ofsted?

19th October- Anonymity until charged for all?

12th October- Do we need to condemn a little less and understand a little more?

3rd October- Progress in reverse as we go back to the future

30th September- What do attitudes to speed say about safety and responsibility?

30th September- Who inspects the inspectors? Rate my Ofsted?

29th September- Scottish studies: about time or preparation for independence? Scots-lite or ScotBacc?

28th September- How many Scottish schools are "coasting", Education Scotland? Stop undermining our schools!

28th September- Bacc to the drawing room for the Burnham-bac

27th September- Are there too many newly qualified teachers?

26th September- Modern life is eroding childhood

26th September- Let us know your views on GCSE reform

23rd September- Hair today, gone tomorrow. How strict should school uniform policies be?

23rd September- Futile and counter-productive strike action will play into the government's hands and alienate the public

23rd September- Let us have your views on Scottish teachers' professionalism

22nd September- Would more academic selection improve social mobility?

19th September- Is there joined-up thinking on handwriting or do teens all text and type?

16th September- "Apalled" at "forcing children to learn to read solely by phonics"

14th September- Should philosophy be on the curriculum from primary school?

13th September- Have your say on the (McCormac) Review of Teacher Employment in Scotland

12th September- Let us have your views on the Scottish government's programme

9th September- Our society isn't "broken" Mr Cameron but some of your policies are

9th September- Call for more learning outdoors in Wales welcome

8th September- Have your say on the (McCormac) Review of Teacher Employment in Scotland

8th September- Let us have your views on the Scottish government's programme

7th September- We've debated higher education funding, now it's childcare's turn

7th September- "Banding" Welsh schools: league tables by another name?

6th September- Losing our religion? Should schools have religious assemblies?

6th September- Let us have your views on Scottish teachers' professionalism

5th September- Some role reversal needed in primary schools

1st September- Can Wales learn from Finland? Yes- and so can England

31st August- Education and behaviour begin at home

25th August- Beware of political interference in exams

24th August- Is a teacher's primary role to teach children or to ensure their development, well-being and safety?

3rd August- Is the work of Commons Select Committees too select?

28th July- Government must 'think again' about pointless EBac

20th July- The DfE's end of term consultation frenzy

19th July- Dossier of the dodgy

18th July- Scottish studies: about time or preparation for independence? Scots-lite or ScotBacc?

18th July- Bew Review, take 2

18th July- Can you blame heads over free school meals and pupil premium?

15th July- An inspector raids (poll on unannounced Ofsted inspections)

13th July- Don't believe the propaganda. Public sector pensions aren't gold-plated or a burden

11th July- Many a mickle makes a muckle

8th July- Is Oxbridge best?

8th July- Flawed logoc of EBacc

7th July- Mind your language in schools

6th July- Early years under review

5th July- Is it now time for anonymity until charged for all?

5th July- Shocking and disgraceful behaviour by Shropshire Council

4th July- School trips

30th June- If history is "driven by mathematics" do Mr. Gove's arguments add up?

28th June- Higher education is a public service not a tradable commodity

27th June- Voice members don't strike but shouldn't do the work of others

22 June- And where did Mr. Gove and his Cabinet colleagues go to school?

20 June- Ed Balls is right about unions and strikes

17 June- Fighting talk won't help public sector pensions

15 June- Do we transform the pupils or lower standards?

14 June- Negotiation-not conflict

14 June- Who pays?

10 June - There is nothing new under the sun

8 June- Should men work in childcare?

8 June- Professor's AC Dream University

3 June- More doublethink on 'free' schools and QTS

2 June- School support staff: 'betrayed by the Chancellor', let down by the employers

27 May- Sometimes we need bureaucracy and 'red tape'

24 May- Capability consultation sets alarm bells ringing

23 May- Welsh school 'performance' data: public information or media scoop?

11 May- Do we transform the pupil or the qualifications?

11 May- One year on, the coalition government's policies

10 May- Game of chess? Fun and games with the national curriculum

9 May- Negotiation-not conflict

6 May- Should there be a centrally maintained register of teachers in England?

4 May- What life skills should young people have?

4 May- Poll: Are you concerned about/do you welcome your school becoming an academy?

3 May - Use your vote or regret the consequences

21 April- Should free schools make a profit?

19 April- 'Conference believes…' Health and safety gone mad, or gone mad over health and safety?

18 April- Ofsted has lost its focus

16 April- Voice will not tell its members how to vote in the AV Referendum

15 April- Where does Voice stand on academies?

12 April- "The teachers are falling into line, Mr Bond"

12 April- End of term reports: Commons Academy, Westminster

12 April- The Voice Blog one year on

8 April- 'Poorly performing' and 'underperforming' are not the same as 'incompetent'

8 April- Another policy anomaly: registration of sixth form college teachers (updated)

7 April- Voice will not tell its members how to vote in the AV Referendum

6 April- Welcome to the new-look Voice website

4 April- Poll: Are you concerned about/do you welcome your school becoming an Academy?

1 April- Breaking news: Michael Gove to become Foreign Secretary in Cabinet reshuffle?

1 April- Back pain- don't suffer in silence! (updated)

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