KeepSchoolsCreative

The arts can help schools to really tackle the mental health crisis. bit.ly/2LUpvyJ

Ahem. What happened to evidence-based policy? DfE admit there is no evidence academies make any difference...tes.com/news/no-proof-…

Congrats to Rafa and all the players @NUFC for a brilliant season and finishing 10th. Well done AGAIN to all the fans for sticking with the team when at times it was tough. #NEWCHE

We are likely to lose 40k teachers in coming years. Schools are losing £2.8bn, The announcement of £50m for grammar schools is a kick in the teeth for the rest of us - esp as there is no evidence that they work.#EducationYork

Looks like a fab play to encourage conversations about what success looks like in the education system #EducationYork twitter.com/bob3142y/statu…

More important to discuss education than ever. If you’re near #York you won’t want to miss this! twitter.com/bob3142y/statu…

Looking forward to joining @kiritunks ( @NEUnion ), Madeleine Holt ( @RescueSchools / @MoreThanScore ) and @RachaelMaskell on the panel for this great event next Saturday. It’d be great to see parents & staff from across #York joining the conversation! twitter.com/bob3142y/statu…

Let battle commence! We fought off #baseline before and we’ll do it again! “NFER to deliver reception baseline test” schoolsweek.co.uk/nfer-to-delive…

For #teachers, for children, for #education Joint General Secretary @cyclingkev historic last #NUT first #NEU conference speech deserves a wide audience @NUTonline #NUT18 twitter.com/cyclingkev/sta…

My booklet for teachers: ‘Writing for Pleasure’ will be available very soon...printing now.

For your babies and pre-schoolers,surround them with books and print, read to them every day, let them play with books, choose books, talk books, play with magnet letters, read signs and food packaging, make labels for things, draw, paint, sing songs.

At Knavesmire School this afternoon for a joint @KPSFeed / @ScarcroftSchool music performance. So great to see pupils playing violins, mandolins, cornets, trombones, french horns... Music is such an important part of the curriculum! @yorkmusichub @SchoolsCreative @MoreThanScore

1) Striking is last resort for lecturers - they're doing this because they have to 2) What's not fair to students is eye-watering tuition fees, started under your party (New Labour) 3) Lecturers and their elected reps can probably 'lead the charge' themselves... #USSstrike @ucu twitter.com/andrew_adonis/…

BBC News - Creative arts subjects in schools a child's 'human right' bbc.co.uk/news/av/educat…

"They arrive in the morning, and are expected to concentrate without having had breakfast, or after only grabbing a packet of crisps and a can of pop on the way to school" theguardian.com/teacher-networ…

BBC series tracks lives of six underprivileged and gifted 13-year-olds theguardian.com/society/2018/f…

Lots of discussion around what is affecting education right now. These @NEUnion Ideas projects are going to be fab! @StudentsNCL

BBC News - Creative subjects being squeezed, schools tell BBC bbc.co.uk/news/education…

Creativity can be taught to anyone. So why are we leaving it to private schools? | Rufus Norris theguardian.com/commentisfree/…