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Because one size doesn't fit all in education | EBE led, grassroots, strategic specialists in persistent absence + barriers to school attendance | #squarepegs

England Katılım Nisan 2019
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Square Peg@teamsquarepeg·
This is what happens when those outside systems are given the opportunity to troubleshoot & think outside the box. We’ve gathered an exceptional array of diverse expertise to give you hope, direction, solutions & inspiration so with confidence u can try Another Way. Order below👇🏻
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thehighcliffeguy
thehighcliffeguy@AdamHighcliffe·
It's been a whole weekend since @tes gave parents a kicking, but this story about teachers struggling with 'parent contact' keeps the run going. Yet behind the culture-wars headline, the real story is very different indeed. Let's take a brief look... 🧵
Tes magazine@tes

Exclusive: Many teachers are facing an ‘unmanageable’ volume of contact from parents, research shows, with one union warning that schools should not be ‘call centres’ tes.com/magazine/news/…

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thehighcliffeguy@AdamHighcliffe·
It's often overlooked in the frenzy that education is something FOR kids, not TO kids. And parent/carers are the ultimate guardians & advocates of those kids. Kicking parents for clicks might play to the base, but in the long run it harms everyone. Even teachers.
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Oxford Internet Institute
Oxford Internet Institute@oiioxford·
New! Technology is often framed as a "silver bullet" for the social care crisis. But new research from @oiioxford led by Prof. Ekaterina Hertog, reveals a much more complex reality for unpaid carers. 1/2
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World Happiness Report
World Happiness Report@HappinessRpt·
📲 The findings from World Happiness Report 2026, published today, paint a complex global picture of social media and happiness. Explore now. 👇 🧵 1/2
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Square Peg@teamsquarepeg·
Curious to see men of all ages touting polarising divisive tactics claiming the historical persecution of women as a shield when faced with critical challenge.
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Square Peg@teamsquarepeg·
I used to work in Children’s TV. Completely agree how hard commissioners and programme makers worked deliver a full suite of programmes every day within a 2 hour window. Factual, News, Current Affairs, Documentaries, Culture & Arts, Entertainment, all were convened 5 days a week. We closely followed demographics and viewing figures between channels, guided by trends. We produced both long form and short form content. Specials, breakfast television, episodic series and films were made for the weekends and Christmas schedules too. We curated public events in the holidays too. The decommissioning of Childrens & Youth Programming as was left a huge void with children’s streaming services being filled with content from across the pond - Disney / satellite channels etc, then cable & streaming services, and of course social media. Not only did we lose a pipeline for young actors and presenters, we lost our national voice in child and youth televisual output. A crying shame and a huge loss for UK children.
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Caroline Dinenage MP@cj_dinenage·
Remember when the after-school TV choice was one of four channels? As kids we had a diet of high quality, entertaining and educational TV programmes in a whole range of genres. Today I asked @YouTube about the impact of their algorithms on children's content.
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Square Peg@teamsquarepeg·
Gawd. What’s the beef with allowing children to enjoy themselves while learning? It is true that learning can be and can feel difficult for anyone, particularly infants, children and young people who are learning on multiple levels and in numerous ways in real time, creating synaptic pathways encoding information in the brain and body at scale. But why revel in making it harder? Why set conditions which magnify the discomfort? Why sermonise and lecture about it? Because if or when you do, you are at risk of perennially perpetuating ableism, stigma, intolerance. We can come alongside and acknowledge learning might be hard without creating barriers to learning for all. Isn’t that the point? Children are naturally curious, filled with determination and vigour. For heaven’s sake, let’s rocket fuel that without this godawful patriarchal tyranny of merit at every turn.
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More Than A Score
More Than A Score@MoreThanScore·
‘Parents continually raise SATs with us as something that’s too stressful for children with SEND. We should look at different ways of assessing pupils.’ Do you agree with Olivia Blake MP? Write to your MP 👉 tinyurl.com/satsfailsend @_OliviaBlake
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Jon Severs
Jon Severs@jon_severs·
A few months back, I started looking in detail at the responsibility on schools to focus on reading for pleasure. Despite a decade of it being pushed in schools more and more, young people are reading for pleasure less and less. What is going on? tes.com/magazine/teach…
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Jonathan Pie@JonathanPieNews·
Sometimes there are moments in the House of Commons that take your breath away. An extraordinarily brave performance from Charlotte Nichols.
Politics UK@PolitlcsUK

🚨 WATCH: Labour MP Charlotte Nichols reveals she was raped as an MP as she opposes the jury trial reforms "I waited 1,088 days to go to court. We've been told [by the Government] that if we have concerns about this Bill, it's because we've not been raped"

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Tes magazine@tes·
While Dr Sue Franklin welcomes the challenge to the concept of an autism spectrum by Professor Uta Frith in a recent Tes interview, she argues that the model Frith uses is wrong and that her ideas could be harmful for autistic girls tes.com/magazine/analy…
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Jon Severs@jon_severs·
Our recent interview with professor Uta Frith on autism has generated a lot of discussion. Dr Sue Franklin has written a response arguing what she thinks Frith got wrong - but also where her challenge to the status quo was welcome. tes.com/magazine/analy…
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Mental Health@Sectioned_·
"There is no evidence for overdiagnosis," says Uta Frith's former student, Simon Baron-Cohen on @BBCr4today, before he was cut off (0644) Nick Robinson's angle was that True Austistics were "losing resources" to Johnny-Come-Latelys with Autism Lite As if anyone's getting help
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Frankie Last
Frankie Last@frankie2001mia·
“Parents love it because their child gets extra services. Students love it because it makes them special. Drug companies love it because they profit from drugs” Mate, I was called “special” as a slur. My mum nearly lost her job repeatedly cos of having to fight for my education.
Barbara fringe psychologist@12PursueTruth

Autism: “The spectrum has become so accommodating that I fear that it has now been stretched so far that it has become meaningless and is no longer useful as a medical diagnosis.” Problem is that psychologists, and increasingly a flood of master’s level therapists have come to rely on the autism diagnosis to support their practice. Their livelihood. I suspect schools face a similar reliance on autism diagnoses for extra funding. Furthermore: Parents love it because their child gets extra services. Students love it because it makes them special. Drug companies love it because they profit from drugs. Psychologists are supposed to be the gatekeepers on diagnoses, but we are not doing very well at it.

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Jane Green MBE FCCT connective 😶
Jane Green MBE FCCT connective 😶@JGjanegreenMBE·
Neurodivergence - ( To note not neurodiversity) I have hEDS, left school at 16, and wasn’t diagnosed until decades later autism at 54, ADHD at 61. Was this a mistake? If you know my story and countless others then you know it had huge consequences. The BMJ Maudsley debate confirms: neurodivergence is under‑diagnosed, not over‑diagnosed. Being not believed or slowed down for years matters With Dr Eccles (seds Patron) Dr Weir (women) versus Prof Brugha and Dr Santhouse (Men) ….., bmj.com/content/392/bm…
The BMJ@bmj_latest

Autism and ADHD: does the global rise in diagnosed neurodivergence reflect increased awareness of undiagnosed cases? bmj.com/content/392/bm…

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Square Peg@teamsquarepeg·
@jon_severs @AlexJQuigley Yup. It’s not about assessing what they know in the English system. It’s about filtering the failure rate for the Forgotten Third. It’s obtuse and absurd and we don’t talk about it enough. Or address the injustices and move to change it.
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Jon Severs@jon_severs·
Helping my son with his SATs prep this week, the wording of both maths and comprehension questions seems to be the biggest test of all. They seem deliberately confusing.
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Square Peg@teamsquarepeg·
As a Sure Start family, we accessed antenatal classes, baby classes, health visitors, toddler classes, parenting classes, school readiness classes, the lot. It was a surprise to discover when our kids started to struggle in school, raising concerns, sharing details of bullying, declining self esteem, self injurious behaviour and significant distress across the years, the conversation always flipped back to our parenting & routines at home. The disconnect between school and families is a huge challenge and will not be resolved through perpetual shame/blame cycles.
Education Week@educationweek

Teachers Say Behavior Problems Aren't Just About Students. It’s the Parents edweek.org/the-state-of-t…

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Square Peg@teamsquarepeg·
An important question often asked by @NotFineinSchool families has been raised today: “Hi all, is it normal for school and the LA to push home education? Can we be forced to home educate even if that’s not what we want?” ‘Can’t meet need.’ ‘This isn’t the right school for your child.’ ‘Deregister to apply for an EHC needs assessment.’ Families pushed into non elective home education at an unprecedented scale currently. Many do and find respite and relief. But many don’t. Off-rolling is often silent with families consequently facing home visits from safeguarding, education welfare teams families end up laughing out of the door in understandable frustration. The lens of scrutiny is only going to escalate for families whose children are not in school. We must think and do very very carefully. These children have often lost all trust in adults from statutory services and their families have too. The moral injury and impact ripples across lifetimes.
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@tes @oiioxford @YouTube @_OliviaBlake @BBCr4today @Cambridge_Uni @DHSCgovuk @ION_Diversity