Welcome to Episode 15 of Staffroom Rambles, the weekly education podcast by Tom Rogers and Chris Mayoh.

In this week's bumper episode we discuss Damian Hinds and Amanda Spielman's 'solutions' to the teacher workload issue, Donald Trump and arming teachers, performance-related pay, Pupil Premium funding, the Practical Pedagogies conference, Teachmeet History Icons, and the CBI's comments on rote learning in schools.

Links to articles we discussed this week can be found here:

BBC article about teacher workload: http://www.bbc.com/news/education-43345857

BBC article about Trump's idea to arm teachers: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43149694

The Practical Pedagogies conference: http://www.practicalpedagogies.net/

Teachmeet History Icons: https://www.tmhistoryicons.co.uk/

TES article about CBI and rote learning in schools: https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-news/business-leaders-call-less-rote-learning-schools

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