The fact that it isn’t discussed is evidence enough :/

Really enjoyed this, Sam. Wonder who the first tech bro to invest in solar geoengineering will be…

The spending review must protect Labour’s CPD pledge New analysis reveals the pledge to be a very generous one. It's imperative for the government's opportunity mission that it be maintained, writes Marie Hamer

🛡️ 'In effect, the pledge would more than double the Conservatives’ annual spend on CPD'

Ambition Institute's Marie Hamer on Labour's big teacher training pledge

Not now, giant pulsating black hole!

My deepest condolences, Rachel x

Profile: Steve Chalke's life lessons on being mission-driven Childhood poverty and racism drive the Oasis founder's 'passion to include people', learns JL Dutaut

👀 'At school they told us we wouldn’t amount to much, and at the youth club they told us our lives had purpose. I decided I was going to believe the church’s story”

Don't miss our profile of Oasis founder, @stevechalke.bsky.social

Profile: Steve Chalke's life lessons on being mission-driven Childhood poverty and racism drive the Oasis founder's 'passion to include people', learns JL Dutaut

I loved writing this. I could’ve written so much more about @stevechalke.bsky.social, who I found truly inspirational.

“I’ve got to leave because I’ve got to set up a school and a hospital and a house.”

Now that’s mission-driven!

schoolsweek.co.uk/chalke-it-up...

Is it to do with funnelling water? Or perhaps a fire break?

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Good morning 🌅
It’s Sunday which means it’s time for another #Edujobs #EduSky bulletin.

If you’re looking for non-classroom education jobs, this next hour is my gift to you.

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Arrivederci, Ann. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out 👋

Tim is 100% correct about the Ofsted changes.

The Chinese get it (and it's aligned to their thinking I guess). Caving to Trump will only make you weaker when the next demand comes, and it will come.

It's about dominance and power. The liberal rules based order (however flawed) is dead. Europe needs to recognize this and act accordingly.

I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre Graphic artist Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime. But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE. Now back home, she tells others thinking...

I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Out-outstanding. Out-out-outstanding.

In fact, let’s call the middle grade just Standing. Then we can have outstanding and understanding.

Mining firm withdraws plan for UK’s first deep coalmine in 30 years Move ends bid for site near Whitehaven, Cumbria after planning permission was quashed by high court

So ends a battle that should never have had to have been fought. The story of this mine is one of fundamentally dishonest arguments supported by dishonest politicians, finally put to rest by heroic people who should never have had their time wasted on this.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Some news many years in the making: My book EMPIRE OF AI, out May 20, is ready for pre-order at empireofai.com. It tells the inside story of OpenAI as a lens for understanding the moment we’re in: the tech elite's extraordinary seizure of power and its threat to democracy. 1/

Hi Karen. Any thoughts on AI in education, and do you happen to be visiting the UK in July?

New York Times headline reading "New York says it does not intend to comply with D.E.I. order on schools"

Elementary school principals going where university presidents fear to tread...

🗞️ Edition 390 done and dusted...

@rosafurneaux.bsky.social reveals the huge amounts councils spend on private SEND schools with repeated failures

@lydiach.bsky.social has the inside track on Ofsted's latest thinking about grading

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🗞️This week's FE Week front page:

16-19 capacity cash for Leeds and Manchester as classrooms elsewhere ‘bursting at the seams’

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Why go to all that hassle when Navarro is your senior counsellor for trade? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Capitaclysm was there for the taking

Truss Maga-Trump

#niche #PokemonGo

AI revolution? There's enough robotic thinking at the DfE It's official: DfE has absolutely no handle on leaders' workloads (and AI won't save us from that)

schoolsweek.co.uk/its-official...

‘What we see are wasted lives’ A rare interview with Ofsted's illegal schools team

Schools in open fields. Children bullied, ridiculed and hit. Teachers already under police investigation.

In a rare interview, Ofsted's illegal schools team spoke to me about the horrors they've witnessed and the taxpayer money funding some of their worst cases

schoolsweek.co.uk/what-we-see-...

Great to hear school payment provider sQuid has dropped its £10 refund “fee”. Parents should get their money back before the new term…

Thanks to those who tipped @schoolsweek.bsky.social to the story a few weeks ago, and the outlets that picked it up. Shining a light really makes a difference

Opinion | The Tech Fantasy That Powers A.I. Is Running on Fumes (Gift Article) A.I. is just what we need in the post-fact era: less research and more predicting what we want to hear.

This piece from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social starts with a bang and just gets better and better. Gift link.

Perfect 🤣🎯

Getting CEO pay under control just needs on bold minister Here's how we can flatten the curve of inexorably rising trust exectuve salaries

How to get MAT CEO pay under control - if ministers dare…

schoolsweek.co.uk/the-solution...

I had a prostate examination. It wasn’t pleasant but it was quick and minor.

The consultant talked about how many people my age haven’t had one and should. So I said I’d casually mention it in case it encourages others to.

So I am. And also I’m posting it on Bluesky. Consider contacting your GP.