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Many schools are afraid of religious education, but when taught creatively it can be exciting for students. Sonia Blandford reports.

The trumpet is not a masculine instrument, and the flute isn't just for girls. Sonia Blandford reports.

A new curriculum geared to individual needs challenges our ideas of what learning and teaching are about, says Sonia Blandford.

No teacher is an island, says Sonia Blandford; they need to collaborate with an increasingly diverse group of professionals and learners.

Sonia Blandford says people working in education should consider further study - for themselves, and those they work with.

Once you see schools as microcosms of their local community, says Sonia Blandford, it becomes easier to ensure that everyone benefits from them

Threats will quash bad classroom behaviour in the short term, says Sonia Blandford. But positive reinforcement has more lasting effects.

Sonia Blandford says inclusion is not about policy imperatives but identifying and removing injustices.

Now that extra staff are being provided to ease the burdens on teachers, the challenge is planning how best to use them, says Sonia Blandford.

Those charged with designing schools must talk to teachers about what makes a good learning environment, says Sonia Blandford.

Learning should be staged like scaffolding, with the next task visible ahead. Sonia Blandford explains.

Assessment should be a means to improve teaching, rather than being seen as the be-all and end-all of education, says Sonia Blandford.

There may be little room in the school timetable for the arts, but, says Sonia Blandford, teachers can still make performers of their students

Bright-eyed teaching recruits will be in schools soon. Sonia Blandford offers advice on how to give them a good start, so they won't want to leave.

Good teachers focus on what each pupil can do, rather than what they find difficult, says Sonia Blandford.

Much more thought should be given to planning staff-training days, says Sonia Blandford - they can be very valuable.

Sonia Blandford says schools should be places where people communicate in a quiet way and shouting is outlawed.