In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: Why schools were subject to hacking attacks.The link between vocabulary and behaviour.Why some people end up leading by accident.

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: Why remembering names of pupils is important - and harder than it soundsThe importance of form time to enhance learningWhy ventilation is such a big issue in school this term

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: Why not all research works in all settingsWhat are life-long skills - and do we need to teach them?The perils of teaching a subject that's not your specialism

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: How to create a focused wellbeing approach in schoolWhat a jungle school in Indonesia can teach usBooks that make you feel good and are worth re-reading

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: Why sometimes less is more for school managementWhy telling stories within lessons can help boost learning outcomesHow to use creativity to bring maths to life How to make Cornish pasties

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: Why a switch to admissions could be the change we need to get equitable outcomes from educationAn innovative programme that trains parents to help excluded children re-integrate into schoolThe what, why and how of financial education

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: The value of playtime - for socialisation and educationWhy we should talk about careers with studentsSpelling list - how can we make them work for all pupils

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: Can we motivate boys to achieve girls level of attainment How to tackle staff conflicts fairly Using words to reframe how we perceive difficulties - in life and in lessons

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: What it's like being at school with a sibling - and what teachers should do about thisIs teaching to the test really such a bad thing?The art of decision makingThe next My Best Teacher podcast

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: How teaching styles is down to teacher preferenceWhy the future of construction is tech-basedWhat you need for successful sixth form leadershipCareers advice for our youngest learners

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: How keeping students back a year might create more problems than it solvesWhy schools need to tackle rape cultureIf dance is the neglected topic in PEOur favourite songs to dance to

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: How students of practical subjects are being taught to spot domestic abuseWhy one school has put culture on the dinner menuHow meetings need rules to improveQuiz on the origins of our favourite foods

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: Why stereotypes around the pupil premium must be banishedHow to evolution to both primary and secondary studentsWhat the ECF means for educationTales of woe from the first day on a new job

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: How else can we value education beyond financial outcomes?Why don't boys like asking questions?How a school made a policy of no more exclusions work for everyoneThe next My Best Teacher podcast

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: The rise of teacher influencers - and what schools should knowThe art and craft of writingRetrieval practice - how to make a success of itWe test our own memories - with mixed results

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: How to broach the issue of body odour in schoolThe qualities that school leaders need - and why they are hard to spotThe power of sport to drive school improvementWould you be friends with your former self?

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: Long Covid - what school need to know and whyWhy talking about voting is increasingly relevant in FE and sixth formWhat we can learn from tribes in the Congo jungle

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: Why words like sassy, bossy and feisty should be used with cautionThe perils of too many technology devices in your classroomHow to react when someone makes a mistakeOur favourite from sketches The Fast Show

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: How you can make your students more hopefulTalking about activism and protests with studentsManaging new staff members' keenness

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: How our knowledge of tutoring may change forever after the NTPWhy disabled teachers can be such a positive role model for all pupilsWhy leaders need self-care to be their best for their schoolOur memories of the Duke of Edinburgh's Awards

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: How best to teach times tables - and our favourite multiplication sumsWhy it's important edtech gains over the pandemic are not lostOvercoming presenting nerves when talking to other teachersBear Grylls' time at school

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: If exams should have time limitsGetting parents on board with maths teachingHow to use nudge theorySpotting girls with ADHD

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: How crisis fatigue can affect teachers and what to do about itThe balance between simplistic language and complicated language - and how to know when to use which oneWhy the A level step-up can be hard for pupils and teachers

In this week's special episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: The biggest insights from the last 12 monthsWhy documenting teachers' experience of the pandemic is so importantCould there be a leadership exodus as normality returnA (sort of) impossible maths quiz

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: How schools may have to deal with Covid-19 vaccination refusersThe art of silence - and if it's every truly possibleWhy sometimes you have to trust your indistinct over all others

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: What do we really mean by catch-up anyway?How to spot a sociopath or psychopath in your workplaceWhy the quiet kids are finding their own way - as a rock star tells us

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: Can we do away with grades forever?Why analogies can work wonders - and when they fall shortHow to teach creativityGoing back to full schools

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: Why do some pupils struggle with exams?An alternative way to teach spellingThe joy of laminatorsThe next My Best Teacher podcast

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: What do we mean by effort?Masculinity in primary schoolStarting lessons with something different A random discussion on 90s playground games

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: If observations are really that helpfulPractical ways to save money in schoolThe joy of reading corners

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: What schools can do to help those that menstruateWhy rote learning sometimes has its placePhonics and spellingRadical candour - and why it should be on leaders' radars

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: Can you really measure four-year-olds' academic progress?How to spot if you're being manipulated What causes uncontrollable classroom laughterAn insight into the next My Best Teacher podcast

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: Why we need to understand the mind and the brain togetherIf a headteacher really needs an officeThe worrying issue of revenge porn and how to tackle itA school in Japan with a deliberately bumpy playground

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: Are reading ages useful for teachers - and children?Would you want pupils going shoeless in your classroom?Why do we blush and why it's not something to overlook in schoolWe discuss some of our best teachers ahead of the launch of an exciting new podcast from Tes...

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: Is it ever ok to swear in school?Would you want a robot AI reader in your class?Does a dictator leadership style ever work?

In this week's special episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss the Tes Person of the Year winner - and a few of those that made the final 10 as well...

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: How teaching changed forever in 2020The social perils of secret SantaHow to make your primary classroom gender-neutralAnd our favourite childhood toys

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: How schools can work with other agencies to support all pupilsWhy the state of your school loos mattersAnd can we ever solve the motivation conundrum

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: If learning is an innate skill inherited from prehistoric timesHow fancy - or not - your classroom greetings should beHow to spot if there are SLT groups or gangs at your schoolOur most overused words

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: What happens if you teach university-level content to Year 7sWhy every school needs a behaviour beastIf sex education should continue in post-16 educationAnd why a new mug could be the perfect gift for teachers, maybe...

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: The complex causes of distraction - and ways to target itWhy donut leadership is a mustHow to cast your nativity play more fairlyA new initiative connecting classrooms to care homes

This week on the mag debrief podcast, we talk about the 6 November issue, discussing:The self-diagnosis crisis hitting schoolsWhy smiling - even fake smiling - is so important in teaching, and what face masks do to disrupt thatHow Covid-19 restrictions are hitting the social fabric of colleges

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: A huge forgotten research project from the 1970s that proved the value of Direct Instruction - or did it...Why we can use our fists to teach pupils to regulate their angerThe funny walk we all do as we approach a stageAnd we recall our scariest school moments ahead of Halloween

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: Can your pedagogy be prejudicedDisplay board: Should they be eye-catching, or are they just a distraction?And how to run a school behaviour policy like the Premier League - sort of....

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: Why we need to be sensitive to the reasons teachers may not have childrenA wide-ranging discussion on school chairs- and can they ever changeAnd the debate to end all debates: should you buy birthday cake on your own birthday for your fellow teachers?Plus we play our final round of Would I Lie To You?

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast, we discuss: How and when you should use comfort feedback - and when you shouldn'tThe power of a good pen to change your life - sort ofAnd the surprising science of whether pointing at the words as a child reads is actually helpful or notAnd we play another round of Would I Lie To You?

In this episode we talk through the 2 October issue of Tes. Grainne Hallahan and Dan Worth play a game to see if teachers are able to spot liars, Jon Severs dreams up his ideal horticultural classroom and the team discusses the in-depth cover feature on how play and cognitive science need to work together rather than against one another when it comes to EYFS settings.

Choosing the right text is only one piece in the puzzle of how to get students re-engaged in reading after lockdown says Alex Quigley, on the latest episode of the Tes English teaching podcast.

In this episode we talk through the 25 September issue of Tes. Grainne Hallahan talks about using the wrong language with students, Dan Worth discusses delegation and Jon Severs looks at the feature from this week that asks whether the SLANT behaviour management technique cognitively overloads pupils...

In this week's episode of the Tes magazine debrief podcast we chat about: how trust between the government and teachers fell apart over the last six monthswhether it's important your pupils like you or notand the complex politics of make-up in schools - for both pupils and teachers.

In this episode, the team discusses the 11 September issue of Tes. We talk about the over feature from professor Rob Webster, who warns of the many intervention traps schools may fall into as they attempt to 'catch children up' academically. We also discuss this issue's Focus On - which looks at whether schools are drowning in 'bullshit'.WARNING: This episode does contain language that some may find offensive.

In our new weekly chat about the current issue of Tes, we explore our 4 September cover article that delves into the back story of how Rosenshine's Principles of Instruction came to be and that route into being matters.