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Having spent my entire career (32 years and counting) in disadvantaged schools, with the most extraordinary colleagues who to a person were above and beyond “bothered”. I can’t believe we’re here again creating systems where that work is undervalued smithsmm.wordpress.com/2021/06/26/the…

@dave_mcpartlin @teacherhead @RPUffendell Ah being penalised for being vulnerable again and promoting the status of the privileged! Classic manoeuvre to ‘raise standards’ and lower the moral of the teaching population once more

@teacherhead @RPUffendell This ⬇️ I can't remember hearing colleagues so concerned or angry. The pressure on school leaders across the board is unsustainable and good colleagues are going under. tes.com/magazine/news/…

I can't get my head around the idea that Ofsted would think the messaging this week was a good idea. Terrible PR/messaging, disrespectful & in poor taste. Didn't want to go back to my relentless Ofsted-bashing dark days but we need to use our voices to speak truth to power.

Wrote a thing

@tes I can see why the headline lands that way. The thrust of the piece is the opposite of a blame narrative: anxiety is a rational response for some families, and schools can reduce it with clarity, consistency, and earlier, warmer problem-solving

Parents are growing increasingly anxious for their children – and it is affecting learning in our classrooms, says deputy head Sam Sharp, who offers advice for tackling this anxiety tes.com/magazine/leade…

@MissSDoherty Cecil

Please name this puppy. In case it’s helpful, he has almost no tail.

@ShadowC03824926 @TiceRichard I hear that Richard loves a boat. Keeps talking about them. He’s even referring to his new mates as vessels for his manifestation

@TiceRichard Why are you all getting on board Graham?

Welcome aboard Graham….

@LordWalney It's good to see that the expert in 'total irrelevance' has been able to offer his view on the matter.

A lesson in hypocrisy and the politics of weaponising racism👇🏽 For over a decade my party have been mired in allegations of anti Muslim racism- choosing to brush cases under the carpet whilst calling out Labour for anti Jewish racism. In government my party adopted a non legally binding working definition of anti Jewish racism( antisemitism) and yet now play culture wars with the issue of adopting a non legally binding working definition of anti Muslim racism ( Islamophobia) This divisive politics of pitching community against community, treating people’s experience of bigotry differently and picking “good” minorities and “bad” minorities is even more distasteful when it’s from the mouths of those that should know better. Patriots unite and cause ease in our nation. Arsonists play the divisive politics of culture wars. We desperately need politicians that see all in this nation as having equal worth and value.

@TiceRichard You are going to eat more meat than you want to? Drive more miles than you need to? Seems a bit petty. I’d just live the life you want to rather than be triggered by the Mail.

FORGET IT Climate Change Committee hermits say eat less meat, ditch the car, install heat pumps and forget holidays abroad... the road to Net Stupid Zero They can clear off… I will eat more meat, drive more miles, use more heating gas & fly more newspaper.mailplus.co.uk/data/5697/read…

@damian_from Should peace be negotiated at any cost? I don’t think people object to peace negotiations but about the manner that they are happening. Facilitating acts of aggression will lead to more. Peace deals made from fear will not last, they will not lead to true ‘peace’.

@RichardBuxton_ I liked Dyche’s pragmatism compared to some of his previous contemporaries but he really didn’t let the fog of fear lift. It’s amazing how DM has managed to instil confidence in the whole club. He’s passionate, yet measured and understands, I believe, a footballers confidence

@HeyPobble Convoluted curriculum that does not emphasise the basics of writing. W/ rising levels of SEND and disadvantage, not written for chn with barriers and is disconnected to the reality of the majority. Often viewed in old fashioned styles and presented in ways that are problematic

💬 The blog highlights that 28% of children are leaving primary school without meeting writing standards. What do you think is the biggest reason behind this trend?

🚨 28% of children are leaving primary school without meeting writing standards. Teachers face endless challenges, but change is possible. ✏️✨ Discover the causes and solutions in our latest blog: hubs.la/Q034bzqQ0 #Edchat #Education #Edtech #News

Surely you would just ask the indigenous community in Australia and North America for that term?

@RhonddaBryant So destructive this disposable culture we have at the moment. I hate it

This is dangerous nonsense

We have ‘convenienced’ our lives to the point where we want to vote in laws or governments whenever the whim takes us! I thought this guy was trying to be a serious voice?! I’m not an admirer of this government but this sort of opinion is just futile and counterproductive

@MichaelRosenYes @DrDanielAlbert @geogvma People start wars, people stop wars. Until the people change the wars remain the same

@DrDanielAlbert @geogvma Is the threat of nuclear war stopping war in Europe now?

So we're living at a time when the US is giving missiles to a country so that it fires them at Russia? Those of us who lived through the Cold War, were told that 'mutually assured destruction' ensured that this wouldn't happen. What now?

🔝 @BarrowAFC #EFL | #SkyBetLeagueTwo

@elonmusk Freedom of speech does not necessarily mean the truth is being heard

Freedom of speech is the bedrock of democracy. If the truth is suppressed, it is impossible to make an informed voting decision. The degree to which freedom of speech is being undermined around the world is extremely alarming.

BREAKING: Sentencing has been carried out after Donald Trump was found guilty on all counts in the hush money trial. The judge in the case has ruled that Everton must now receive an 8-point deduction for the 2024/25 season.