George Sage

@TicketmasterUK @ticketmasterUK when are you going to cancel or void these tickets being sold via unofficial sites like viagogo and stubhub? Over 200 tickets available for each of the gigs listed for insane amounts of money whilst genuine fans have missed out. Twickets no tickets at all 👍🏼

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Today our @BlaiseHighSch students training for the Jubilee Challenge completed a 10 mile training hike around Bristol. All students did fantastically and are looking forward to our next training session in a few weeks and the real event in May. @GreenshawTrust @glt_sw #TenTors

We are really proud of these children. What a great effort!

Life is so hard sometimes , winners totally insignificant compared to what has happened today . Sadly Keagan Kirby one of our best , hardworking lads lost his life today riding in a point to point . All at team ditcheat are mortified . Thoughts with all his friends and family.

It’s the last day to enter before we draw the names, if your are interested in getting a free, signed copy of the book, please retweet and like the post below ⬇️

🚨Competition time 🚨 To mark The Edu-Book Club book being out for a month, @noni_rainbow and I are each giving away a copy of the book signed by us both. All you have to do is like and retweet this tweet for a chance of winning. Names will be drawn on Saturday 27th Jan. 🤞📚

@Miss_J_Science @BlaiseHighSch This is great she will have a reward from me as well!

Super impressed with one of my year 8s who came up to me at line up and said "I was a bit bored so did some extra science". Look at this- what a fab work ethic that shows! Multiple signatures on her RfL card! #WorkHardBeKind @BlaiseHighSch

@jacricks @tombennett71 Students do get treated with compassion and empathy. There needs to be clear expectations and consistent responses to poor behaviour though. Standards should be high and expectations equally. Poor behaviour doesn’t and shouldn’t go unpunished. That’s not cruel its fair and right.

@GSage93 @tombennett71 But there is no evidence in favour of punishment. Treat kids with compassion, empathy and understanding and you have the power to change lives. And it will engage them to learn

Another day, another crazy behaviour policy. Seen a school that, when a student misbehaves, has a script for the teachers to use, asking questions to the student like ‘how do you feel?’ Etc. As the default response, instead of boundaries, mild sanctions etc. This is a charter for mayhem.

@jacricks @tombennett71 I adopt some of those approaches, most schools and teachers do. You still need to have a sanction in place following poor behaviour though. This doesn’t suggest you let poor behaviour go unpunished.

@GSage93 @tombennett71 Yes, I know you’ve dismissed the evidence of students, George. Please read this forbes.com/sites/nickmorr… And here’s the full study: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

@jacricks @tombennett71 Do you work in a school Jac? I’ve provided evidence to back what I said. Can you provide evidence based research for what you’ve said? Youth lead, student led research doesn’t count we established that earlier. Proven evidence that’s been tried in schools.

@GSage93 @tombennett71 You claimed there was “mountains” of evidence when I asked you to provide the evidence that getting kids to comply and punishing them teaches them how to behave and learn well!

@jacricks @tombennett71 I’ve not mentioned punishment, you have. I’ve stated that having clear expectations and consistent responses to poor behaviour contributes to higher levels of success

@GSage93 @tombennett71 That’s about student characteristics, George. None of these links provide evidence that punishment leads to better behaviour and learning

@jacricks @tombennett71 I’ve not mentioned punishment once, you have. I’ve stated clear expectations and consistent responses to poor behviour lead to greater success of student’s.

@GSage93 @tombennett71 There appears to be zero evidence on the use of punishment to improve behaviour and learning there, George

@jacricks @tombennett71 apa.org/pubs/journals/…

@GSage93 @tombennett71 Please share some links publicly

@jacricks @tombennett71 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

@jacricks @tombennett71 sec-ed.co.uk/content/best-p…

@jacricks @C_Hendrick When I was 13 I wanted to do whatever I liked. Not go to school and eat chips every night for tea. Luckily the adults in my life knew what was best. Of course kids don’t want to be told off, unfortunately actions have consequences better to learn that early.

@GSage93 @C_Hendrick I’d prefer to hear the voices of those impacted, than someone who talks of “idealist bollocks”. Here’s what they have to say: childrenengland.org.uk/children-want-…

“Educational inequality cannot be solved through social and emotional learning. The idea that children can overcome structural disadvantage by cultivating a growth mindset and a positive work ethic overlooks the real constraints many disadvantaged students face, and risks blaming them for their own misfortune.” theguardian.com/education/2023…

@jacricks @tombennett71 The most compassionate and empathetic thing you can do for any student is to have clear expectations and consistent responses to poor behaviour. Teaching kids how to behave and learn well is the most valuable thing you can give them for future success.

@tombennett71 Compassion, empathy and understanding over compliance and punishment. Kids are forced to go to school, told what they have to learn and are punished if they don’t comply. Why wouldn’t you want to change that?

@jacricks @C_Hendrick What you suggest is madness. The most valuable thing you can do to raise the socioeconomic status of students is to provide them an education. Grades, hard work, strong values give them choice and options. Evidence based approaches are needed. Not hypothetical idealist bollocks.

@C_Hendrick A good starting point would be to assess why we force curriculums on kids, focus on grades, punish non-compliance and “bad” behaviour