It’s difficult to express how harmful the country’s current approach to sixth form education is, that at the moment of greatest impact we stop investing in the productivity of our young people and encourage them to see themselves as part-timers, only partially involved and included.
For me the best stuff on AI and its impacts is coming from @jburnmurdoch.ft.com and @sarahoconnorft.ft.com.
Not downplaying its potential but also not getting caught up in hype. Just really thoughtful data-based analysis.
We tend to think of reading as a visual act. But a growing body of research suggests that by the time a child encounters a word in print for the first time, their mind has already been preparing for that encounter. ⤵️ carlhendrick.substack.com/p/orthograph...
Listen to my conversation with Ian Leslie about why we keep getting education wrong open.spotify.com/episode/3m0q...
Reading comprehension is not a skill. It’s an outcome of what you know. Strategies plateau. Knowledge compounds.
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“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.
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This is a great piece by @johngroberts.bsky.social and his final point an important one. The framing of the place of the Specialist sector within the education system and within the reform journey needs to be done with greater care from now on.
It's kind of sad that I'm so unused to seeing any politician make the most basic anodyne arguments for liberalism and public spending that watching this almost makes me want to cry.
100% can not think of a better job. Varied, important and joyful. I laugh every day. Love it.
Mine is ‘The Power of Teacher Expectations’:
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If is personal one for me, whilst speaking to a lot of themes I think are important. The evidence is far from settled, but I think it is worth pursuing on teacher expectations, beliefs, and self-efficacy too.
This is pretty much perfect 😍
I know it’s not everyone’s favourite play, but I have been listening to a little every night and the dialogue still gets me!
Mrs Birling is one of my favourite villains. #teamenglish
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Just a reminder from the Sutton Trust of what today’s A-Level cohort faced leading up to their final exams… #UKeD
I don’t want to go back to the bad place so if you’re part of the edu-exodus & looking for people to follow, I’m going to start a little thread of some familiar faces from edutwitter already posting here.
Please tag people to this thread as I know it’s tricky to get started when you first join.👇🏼
Tough times but I loved it. Mock marking was like an extreme sport… especially with two papers and two cycles. I love teaching though so it was also joyful! Often very much the best part of my day.
Headteacher with two very large Y11 classes… like @clairestoneman.bsky.social starting to feel a bit sick!!
Had to be done!
