Cassie Young

It feels like we are back to evaluating poverty, not education, and calling it achievement.

"The language used to describe these bases is revealing. A 'safe space away from busy classrooms' prompts an uncomfortable question: safe from what, and from whom?"

Always worth reading any thoughts from @ModernCassie . I am still digesting the White Paper but these reflections align with mine

@bex_renshaw Thanks Rebecca! There is SO much to read and digest, I have to keep going back and reflecting.

“High standards and inclusion are two sides of the same coin.” After reading the white paper carefully and discussing it during a SENCo forum this week, I’ve written on the shift in language, and what some of this might mean for schools in practice. moderncassie.blogspot.com/2026/03/a-shif…

Special educational needs advisors to schools in Kent have gone on strike in a dispute over changes to their roles. More here: bbc.in/4rEZ9We

This is a Mindset MUST-watch. Bookmark and share. 📌 We can become exactly who we want to become. We can control our thoughts. We can control our mind. We can make that 8-year version of us proud! Having this perspective at age 22 is just awesome. 🥇

Train passenger in Poland realized he forgot his goose, went back for it, and everyone sighed with relief

@Samstricko181 @OhLottie 😂

@OhLottie That’s because some people have their own agenda

Some people have lost their minds over this. We are in a very worrying situation if we feel every misbehaviour needs a reasonable adjustment or support. Sometimes kids misbehave & simply need firm boundaries and to be told no. If this is controversial then education is a mess

@HeadPreece @Samstricko181 Yes, you’re right. I’m not sure why I replied really..😂

@ModernCassie @Samstricko181 It has a clickbait feel to it. Fairly certain that whatever our views on an assertion such as this, X /Twitter is never going to be the forum for reasonable discussion.

Ruining the learning of other pupils is not an additional need.

@SubversiveADHD1 @Samstricko181 I’m not advocating behaviourism, nor dismissing psychology. I’m saying that when provision is strong, more pupils can access learning successfully. Inclusion debates are rarely helped by framing practice as abusive or ideological.

@ModernCassie @Samstricko181 It is an ideological perspective, not a lazy take. We need to start viewing behaviour psychology in education as harmful and abusive. Behaviourism is not education, it allows for grooming of children, destroys mental health and affects the most vulnerable.

❤️ #Teachers

@UnityResSch are running a three part, online programme on maximising the impact of the Pupil Premium, starting next month. No charge to attend: researchschool.org.uk/unity/event/th…

Brilliant gig, lovely to see friends, nice work the Biff! #MonTheBiff ❤️ #BiffyClyro

@ian_cushing Tbf, Tim Mills is absolutely brilliant, and I couldn’t think of anyone better for the job. He absolutely gets Primary education.

two white men with links to academy trusts have been appointed to draft the new curriculum for English and that tells you so much about how education policy in England gets done and made 🙃

@kitandrew1 @jpembroke @InsightHQ 👀 I’ll be there!

@jpembroke @InsightHQ Very interested. Happy to host S. LONDON

The Databusters are getting the band back together and going on the road with a new one-day course: AM: external data: IDSR, ASP, performance measures PM: internal data: TA, tests, SEND, reporting to parents/govs @InsightHQ schools, get in touch if you’re interested

My stepdad, Greg, never said 'I love you.' He was a hard man. Worked construction. Came home, ate, slept. He paid for my college. He paid for my car. But he never hugged me. I always thought he resented me. I wasn't his real son. Greg died of a heart attack last week. I was cleaning out his truck. In the glove box, I found a worn-out notebook. It was a diary. Entry 1: Met a woman with a boy today. The boy looks sad. I want to make him smile. Entry 50: The boy needs braces. Picking up extra shifts. Entry 200: He graduated today. I stayed in the back so I wouldn't embarrass him with my dirty work clothes. I've never been prouder. Entry 500: I wish I knew how to talk to him. I just hope he knows I’d die for him. I sat in the driver's seat of his dusty truck and cried until I couldn't breathe. He didn't say it. He did it. Every single day. Love isn't always words. Sometimes, it’s calloused hands and a tired back. Anonymous