I'm taking a turn back into medievalism and society in my #imc2025 paper with @rluzmore.bsky.social this year. Part of the #landscapeconsortium sessions, we'll be talking about medieval landscapes today and the ideas-informed society in #s1737 on Thursday. #medievalsky @imc-leeds.bsky.social

'Children go free' entrance to a station in Oslo... what a way to make them welcome!

We're looking for those with at least two years experience (KS2 - KS4) and commitment involves 2 X 45-60 min online focus groups with a £25 voucher per session. Register interest here: southampton.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #edusky #teachers #schoolleaders #education #alternativeprovision

Teachers, leaders and alternative provision(ers)! Currently recruiting for a market testing study @uoseducation.bsky.social examining how we can better support teachers & educational professionals in addressing misinformation & promote positive idea engagement in educational settings...

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Two steps forward, twelfty steps backwards.

Teachers, leaders and alternative provision(ers)! Currently recruiting for a market testing study @uoseducation.bsky.social examining how we can better support teachers & educational professionals in addressing misinformation & promote positive idea engagement in educational settings...

The ERC have given me 5 years to figure out what Europeans really think about democracy. If you would like to come and join me in the endeavour, then I am currently hiring a postdoc @sotonpolitics.bsky.social. Deadline: 30 April | Details here: jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... #polisky

Latest ITT statistics are somewhat positive, with most secondary subjects - especially shortage ones - recruiting better than last year. Primary down a smidge, English down due to bursary cut But majority still likely to be below target (this is last year's targets: new actuals out next month)

Logged myself sick today, but am spending the day (under blankets) doing what? Working... I seemingly cannot action what I would advise others to do. This is nothing to do with my employers and everything to do with me!

There's a huge unanswered Q about what's happened in school/society. "Pandemic" or "Gove" or "child poverty" are the common answers but none are entirely satisfactory.

“If she wants to know something specific, but doesn’t want people to notice her asking questions, she should simply make incorrect statements while in the company of experts. Her companions will correct her, especially if they're men.” - Advice for female agents in WW2, provided during SOE training

In light of @edupolicyinst.bsky.social report on unauthorised absence today, I wanted to share some reflections from my perspective as former head, school governor, and from working alongside school leaders. The data tells a clear story, but as the report suggests the solution isn't straightforward

Wonderful profile of Surrey Square part of the @bigeducation.bsky.social family. Particularly love their take on 'joy time' that's not earned or lost, but fundamental for all. Definitely something I'd do differently if I was back in headship. #edusky #joytime schoolsweek.co.uk/surrey-squar...

You never really forget your first style guide. No matter how many years pass, its rules on caps will always seem natural to you and any deviation from them a kind of biblical perversion.

A key thing our new data dashboard highlights is the teacher supply plight of schools with the most pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds. And the gaps have grown wider as the supply challenge has deepened. Read my colleague Michael Scott's blog on the key findings: www.nfer.ac.uk/blogs/nfer-d...

"The schools are doing alright, but are the kids?" @missmc.bsky.social on the wellbeing of children, from our podcast on The Schools Bill. 🎧 Listen to the episode: ifs.org.uk/articles/sch...

My genuinely favourite thing of the season is #duvetknowitschristmas

School leaders – are you thriving, surviving or sinking? This survey is part of a major three-year research project exploring contemporary school leadership across the UK by academics at the Universities of Nottingham and Warwick. warwick.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

SNOW! #southampton

doi.org/10.1002/berj... Students evaluating the trustworthiness of historical sources and internet sources: A comparison Maartje van der Eem, Jannet van Drie, Saskia Brand-Gruwel, Carla van Boxtel First published: 15 November 2024

What drains you & what sustains you in your leadership? Pls complete this UK Sustainable School Leadership survey to tell us your experiences. Part of a big & important 3-year study by @patthomson.bsky.social @twperry1.bsky.social Mike Collins & me! Pls RT warwick.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Being fully present rather than chronically absent - here’s my piece with Dennis Shirley for the 🇦🇺 literacy mag. @pasisahlberg.bsky.social @andreastringer.bsky.social @adrianodiprato.bsky.social @rluzmore.bsky.social

Mystery of nine-day seismic event solved via bathtub experiments that also prove if a tree falls in a forest and nobody hears it, it will still make a sound. www.thetimes.com/article/7b88...

This post from a teacher at Apalachee High School. 😭 America isn't just failing students. It is failing teachers, too.

Me leaving anywhere

That'd be me crying on the train catching up with last night's Archer's. #thearchers

Should you be in the market for a guardian of the gates of Hell, apparently this place has them for sale

Just been (rightly) called a 'Smug trug w%@ker' Anyone for a year's supply of runner beans? #allotment

For those of you still with an account over on the birdspace, this thread from Caversham parent, around the challenge of speaking truth to power and addressing systemic indifference and inaction, is well worth your time. #edusky #ofsted x.com/Edmund_B_W/s...

Had an email today telling me if I didn't respond immediately (most of it information they should already have & none of it urgent) then it would be assumed I would no longer want our jobs ahead of semester starting in 13 days. Hourly paid work in universities is 👌 #academia #edusky

There’s a colloquial German word, verschlimmbessern, that describes attempting to improve something but only making it worse (for example, most Microsoft Word updates). So go ahead and add to your German vocabulary the term etwas verschlimmbessern, or “to worsebetter something”

Oh no. No no no. This is bullshit. Looking forward to hearing about how this crashes and burns I guess.

Went to see Jaws on the big screen tonight & can't believe I'm only realising now how much Chief Brody is a style icon.

Announcing end of one word Ofsted grading on the first day of term (which I do support) I totally get it the comms strategy side - back to school day and there's been a lot of misery announcements from them recently some positive/cheap press - but ouch from school leader perspective. #dusky #ofsted

Every end of August since I left teaching/headship I get a touch of the blues seeing all the back to school messages. I still get to be in schools and work with school leaders, but doesn't quite compare to those first days with colleagues, pupils & families. So much potential! Go get 'em! #edusky

Wow all the other studies that found this certainly didn’t prepare me for this

A memoir.

Kid has an English assignment, where school has kids first submit essay to an "AI checker." Kid did not use AI. AI checker says the use of the word "devoid" magically turned essay into 18% AI written. Changing "devoid" makes it drop to 0%. We're spending time "un-AI-ing" an essay that has no AI.

Why do so many incompetent men become leaders? hbr.org/2013/08/why-...

Yoga and then quick trip for harvesting a bit at the allotment all before work today. Felt insufferably smug... till I opened laptop and looked at my to do list. 🫣

Dissertation marking buddy is riveting company.