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Teachers Talk Radio

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    Graphic Novels in the Classroom:The Sunday Late Show With Huma Mirza & Toby Doncaster

    03/05/2026 | 57 mins.
    Hosts Huma and Toby talk with teachers John and Richard about why graphic novels matter in schools, how they encourage reading for pleasure, and how they support inference, vocabulary and cross-curricular learning from science to history.

    The episode includes practical classroom examples, age-appropriate suggestions (from wordless picture books to manga and teen titles), evidence on learning impact, and stories of students whose attitudes to reading  is transformed.
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    Gender, Performance and Test Anxiety: The Saturday Breakfast Show with Darren Lester

    02/05/2026 | 1h 30 mins.
    Darren looks at the research into the differences, and similarrties, in how test anxiety presents itself in boys and girls.
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    The Myth of the Good Teacher-Why We Should stop Beating Ourselves Up: The Friday Morning Break Show with Carl Smith

    01/05/2026 | 1h 3 mins.
    This is a show for teachers everywhere. Teachers who are exhausted. Teachers who feel under pressure. teachers who feel like they are failing. In other words, all teachers, all the time.

    Carl explains why the myth of the good teacher is quietly taking the joy out of the job and why we need to embrace the idea of the good enough teacher to rediscover it.
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    Should Schools Teach Patriotism? Flags, Kings & the Curriculum Debate: Points of View

    30/04/2026 | 1h 17 mins.
    Reform has unveiled plans for a “patriotic curriculum” — including flying the Union Flag in every school, displaying portraits of the King, and reshaping history teaching to focus more heavily on British achievements. Supporters say it’s about restoring national pride, identity and balance in education. Critics argue it risks politicising the classroom and narrowing how history is taught. So where should schools draw the line? 👉 Should education actively promote patriotism? 👉 Is national identity being lost — or protected? 👉 And who decides what version of history gets taught?
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    Built for Yesterday? Are Schools Failing the Future?: The Late Show with Tim Smale

    30/04/2026 | 1h 18 mins.
    Join us for a Late Show special in which Tim sits down with Peter Hyman: former Downing Street speechwriter, co-founder of School 21, and one of the most persistent voices in England for genuine curriculum reform. Together they`ll tackle oracy, the growing crisis around boys in education, whether teachers are part of the problem, and the almost one million young people currently classified as NEET. It is a direct, challenging and at times uncomfortable conversation about whether schools are truly preparing young people for the world they are actually going to live in.

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Live talk radio for teachers. Breaking news and analysis.
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