Freelance education journalist; writer for @ForbesEurope; formerly @tes, @TheNorthernEcho, @edinburghpaper, and @TeessideLive; parent through adoption
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Grim story. Can’t help feeling it’s an inevitable outcome of the fetishisation of strictness bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3j4…
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ENGLAND - A frustrated Blackpool dad has accused a high school of showing ‘no common sense’ after his daughter was placed in isolation for wearing trainers to school because of painful blisters caused by new shoes.
blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/…
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This is the incredibly sad story that featured in BBC Radio 4's File on Four investigation "Strict Schools: Taking Discipline Too Far?" over the summer. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3j4…
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It seems that criticising the EdSec is in vogue at the moment but she's absolutely right about this.
KS3 isn't good in a lot of schools. It's an afterthought in the way of the 'real work' of KS4. Wasted years anyone?
It's why we're losing kids engagement in Y7 and 8 and 20% PA.
As part of our once in a generation curriculum reforms, Key Stage 3 will be more engaging, exciting, and richer so more children participate and progress.
In return, I don’t want to see schools routinely bring forward GCSE content and options into this vital phase of school, which has become far too widespread recently.
theguardian.com/education/20…
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I've written a new blog replying to @daisychristo's latest substack piece, agreeing with her on just one thing but strongly taking issue with her overall stance and many of her other arguments about the new ideas being introduced by Labour & @LucyMPowell. englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/s…
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Interesting stuff from @vicgoddard here.
PISA was never the whole story anyway but some people seemed to be quoting it as if it was, and using it as proof that no incremental change in education was allowed anymore.
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Good on this mum for standing up to the school & forcing them to back down on their ridiculous, petty rule & punishment that serves no purpose. Silly rules like thus do nothing other than drive mistrust, division & disengagement.
Beccles school overturns boy's detention after PE socks row - BBC News share.google/rjXtZREfzxh9Pnp…
Why poor behaviour in schools is not all down to gentle parenting. nickmorr.substack.com/p/why-…
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I have blanked out the name of the pre-school here to try and avoid a massive pile on, but I’d be interested to know what you think about their updated lunchbox guidelines and the bits of paper they are sending home for ‘contraventions’ of the rules.
Is it really Ofsted pressuring EYFS settings to ban white bread as the doughy texture after chewing can be a choking hazard as well as the rule about cutting raisins in half, amongst other requests mentioned. To be honest, this would drive me a bit potty if I had still had kids at that age.
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We need to stop trying to fix behaviour & start supporting nervous systems & brain states.
If we keep viewing behaviour through a lens of punitive measures & outdated frameworks we miss the brain & nervous system completely.
This is where real change begins.
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Maybe, just maybe the shortened breaks and over emphasis on academic exams might be leaving kids much less able to tolerate the school day.
“I’ve been teaching 25 years and low-level behaviour is so much worse than before - part of the problem is, if you address that behaviour, you get a reaction from the parent we never used to get”
Is gentle parenting to blame? @jasminenorden finds out.
tes.com/magazine/analysis/ge…
Interesting article on what lies behind 'behaviour crisis' in schools, but one thing it doesn't address is how schools have changed. If schools are less tolerant places, then may help explain why more children are getting into trouble.
“I’ve been teaching 25 years and low-level behaviour is so much worse than before - part of the problem is, if you address that behaviour, you get a reaction from the parent we never used to get”
Is gentle parenting to blame? @jasminenorden finds out.
tes.com/magazine/analysis/ge…
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Max Planck scientists read DNA from 27 late Neanderthals in Belgium and France and found no sign of recent Homo sapiens ancestry, even though both lived in Europe at the same time ecoticias.com/en/homo-sapien…
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Neanderthals were skilled woodworkers, first-of-its-kind tool trove reveals | Science | AAAS science.org/content/article/…
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New: new book lifts lid on children’s “strict school” experiences
educationuncovered.co.uk/new…
Interviews set out alleged impact of behaviour management policies at Athena Learning Trust and the Ted Wragg trust.
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I am coming to the conclusion that this might be the greatest book ever written in the English language.
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Continuing coverage of the Bayeux controversy seems to imply that visitors were at fault for spending longer than 40 minutes in the exhibition. Was this time limit publicised? Why are visitors being criticised for their interest and engagement? What a dispiriting situation.
The error was in creating the rule, not sending the letter - why do schools find it so hard to admit they got it wrong?
