Coming soon... A *fascinating* conversation with Jon Hutchinson and Lisa O'Loughlin about the CAR - what changed, what didn’t – and why...

Have your book - on my shelf - excited about this!

Please take a look at this thread if you are an interested #educator. @rethinkingjames.bsky.social and I are running a programme next year that’s all about #implementing #Botheredness. Thanks

To mark the launch of the Implementing Oracy programme, Neil Mercer, @topsypage.bsky.social & @rethinkingjames.bsky.social from Oracy Cambridge discuss how we can engage students in productive classroom discussion – with 4 practical & concrete ideas: buff.ly/xMOf2VP #teaching #teachers #schools

🧵 "What's the one thing you'd change about your learners?" Over the years I've asked this question to 1000's of teachers and school leaders. The answer is *almost always* a variation on a theme: ‘I wish they were more independent’ ‘I wish they were more resilient’

To mark the launch of the Implementing Oracy programme, Neil Mercer, @topsypage.bsky.social & @rethinkingjames.bsky.social from Oracy Cambridge discuss how we can engage students in productive classroom discussion – with 4 practical & concrete ideas: buff.ly/6ZafphG #teaching #teachers #schools

To mark the launch of the Implementing Oracy programme, Neil Mercer, @topsypage.bsky.social & @rethinkingjames.bsky.social from Oracy Cambridge discuss how we can engage students in productive classroom discussion – with 4 practical & concrete ideas: buff.ly/xMOf2VP #teaching #teachers #schools

To mark the launch of the Implementing Oracy programme, Neil Mercer, @topsypage.bsky.social & @rethinkingjames.bsky.social from Oracy Cambridge discuss how we can engage students in productive classroom discussion – with 4 practical & concrete ideas: buff.ly/6ZafphG #teaching #teachers #schools

Three for FREE! Tomorrow 11am-12noon: The last in a series of three webinars on Making Change Stick, hosted by the good people at @hachettelearning.bsky.social If you sign up you'll be sent recordings of all three www.hachettelearning.com/events/profe...

A free 21-page SecEd guide to #teaching #oracy skills with lots of practical ideas for #schools: Defining oracy – Disciplinary oracy – Teaching vocabulary – Assessing oracy – Oracy in year 7 – A culture of oracy – Oracy & disadvantage – Case studies & more:

To mark the launch of the Implementing Oracy programme, Neil Mercer, @topsypage.bsky.social & @rethinkingjames.bsky.social from Oracy Cambridge discuss how we can engage students in productive classroom discussion – with 4 practical & concrete ideas: buff.ly/6ZafphG #teaching #teachers #schools

To mark the launch of the Implementing Oracy programme, Neil Mercer, @topsypage.bsky.social & @rethinkingjames.bsky.social from Oracy Cambridge discuss how we can engage students in productive classroom discussion – with 4 practical & concrete ideas: buff.ly/xMOf2VP #teaching #teachers #schools

I just recorded the most wonderful mini-pod (by my standards!) with Rachel Macfarlane about the power of slice team Check out this zinger of a clip, in which Rachel outlines some of the many advantages of collaborative decision-making 👀 @crownhousepub.bsky.social @realdavidc.bsky.social

To mark the launch of the Implementing Oracy programme, Neil Mercer, @topsypage.bsky.social & @rethinkingjames.bsky.social from Oracy Cambridge discuss how we can engage students in productive classroom discussion – with 4 practical & concrete ideas: buff.ly/6ZafphG #teaching #teachers #schools

To mark the launch of the Implementing Oracy programme, Neil Mercer, @topsypage.bsky.social & @rethinkingjames.bsky.social from Oracy Cambridge discuss how we can engage students in productive classroom discussion – with 4 practical & concrete ideas: buff.ly/xMOf2VP #teaching #teachers #schools

*** New post *** The hardest thing I've ever done Link in comments below

*** New post *** The hardest thing I've ever done Link in comments below

*** NEW POST *** The importance of talk rules – and how to make them work for your pupils A guest post by @rethinkingjames.bsky.social Link below oracycambridge.substack.com/p/the-import...

To mark the launch of the Implementing Oracy programme, Neil Mercer, @topsypage.bsky.social & @rethinkingjames.bsky.social from Oracy Cambridge discuss how we can engage students in productive classroom discussion – with 4 practical & concrete ideas: buff.ly/6ZafphG #teaching #teachers #schools

To mark the launch of the Implementing Oracy programme, Neil Mercer, @topsypage.bsky.social & @rethinkingjames.bsky.social from Oracy Cambridge discuss how we can engage students in productive classroom discussion – with 4 practical & concrete ideas: buff.ly/xMOf2VP #teaching #teachers #schools

Reposting and tagging @kel-lie.bsky.social who is brand new to BlueSky today 👏👏👏 and put #oracy in her first post!

Sharing for those that might be interested?

To enter: ✅ Follow @oracycam.bsky.social ✅ Repost the post above (not this one!) ✅ Tag a colleague who’s passionate about oracy (optional but appreciated!) Entries close 21 November 2025. Books can be sent to UK addresses only.

📚 BOOK GIVEAWAY! 📚 These books underpin the Implementing Oracy programme, running Jan–Jun 2026 at Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge. Find out more 👉 oracycambridge.org/implementing... Entry details below

Bonanza book give-away here #oracy fans. To enter, click the post below, follow @oracycam.bsky.social and hit 'repost'...

Bonanza book give-away here #oracy fans. To enter, click the post below, follow @oracycam.bsky.social and hit 'repost'...

Fantastic podcast with @rethinkingjames.bsky.social and @covingtonedu.bsky.social James's book "Fear Is the Mind Killer" completely changed my view of what was possible in schools. zencastr.com/z/aYhnizok

After 20+ years of reading, writing, thinking, discussing & *doing* education, I feel like I’ve finally arrived at the point that needs to be made most forcefully @realdavidc.bsky.social and I explore this idea in depth in S6E1(!): www.rethinking-ed.org/human-develo... @crownhousepub.bsky.social

This will be great for anyone interested in the future of education.

Tomorrow (Wed 8th Oct), 11am-12noon UK time. We've had LOADS of sign-ups but there's room for more. It's free - FREE I TELLS YA - and you get the recordings for 6 months. There is basically no reason whatsoever not to smash that link

One week today: the most exciting education event of the year! At this "unconference" there will be no lengthy presentations, no slides, no being talked at... We will all be together for the whole day, working out how to make things better where we are. Be there or be 🔲 Link below ⬇️

One week today: the most exciting education event of the year! At this "unconference" there will be no lengthy presentations, no slides, no being talked at... We will all be together for the whole day, working out how to make things better where we are. Be there or be 🔲 Link below ⬇️

I often think at conferences that I could do with the same time after a talk just to discuss it - well here’s a chance for loads of discussion :) I’ll be going along in person, hope to see some others there!

This amazing event is both online and face-to-face, so wherever you are in the world, you will be most welcome! It's an 'unconference' designed to crowd-source ideas for how we might increase wellbeing within the constraints of the current system #wearethesystem Link 👇

I have teamed up with the *wonderful* people at Hachette Learning to create a FREE 3-part taster course on Making Change Stick 😍 There will be 3 webinars on Oct 8, Nov 4, Dec 5, 11am-12noon UK time. You will receive the full recordings if you click the link. Link below - hopefully see you soon!

This amazing event is both online and face-to-face, so wherever you are in the world, you will be most welcome! It's an 'unconference' designed to crowd-source ideas for how we might increase wellbeing within the constraints of the current system #wearethesystem Link 👇

A good book and a good wine. @rethinkingjames.bsky.social

This week on the Rethinking Education Podcast, @jazampawfarr.bsky.social joins @rethinkingjames.bsky.social & @realdavidc.bsky.social to dive into the big themes of her new book - covering hope, “trauma tourism,” & the everyday heroes who changed her life. 🎧 : buff.ly/hPwmSm5 📖 : buff.ly/hixFVYq

I'm starting to get some *wonderful* messages about Making Change Stick now that school leaders have had the chance to read it 😍 Check out my pod chat with Ollie Lovell here: open.spotify.com/episode/1gxX... And check out the free taster course here: makingchangestick.co

Do you believe it’s possible - and necessary - to reconfigure our education system to prioritise human thriving? Join us on Sat 11th October - face to face or online... www.eventbrite.com/e/everybody-...

And they say you shouldn't meet your heroes... Wonderful afternoon setting the world to rights with @audreyt.org and Gisele Chou, co-authors (among many others) of the uber-fascinating and inspiring Plurality Geeking out at the Ashmolean with @teamsquarepeg.bsky.social & the amazing Finn!

This song remains incredibly relevant in 2025. Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes ft Teddy Pendergrass performing "wake up everybody"

*** NEW POST *** There is more to human development than learning about subjects open.substack.com/pub/drjamesm...

Thought-provoking stuff from @rethinkingjames.bsky.social and a nice little surprise ending…. open.substack.com/pub/drjamesm...

The opportunity and ideas presented here are lovely. Not sure about how much I agree with taking away too many exam/GCSE courses as they lead to flexibility later in life and I believe each offer different skills rather than just knowledge retrieval, but I love the nano course ideas in this.

bsky.app/profile/reth... This post explores some further ideas on how to broaden the options available beyond the very academic focus we have now, but I think you could take it further and apply to the whole of secondary school not just the GCSE years. /end

Yes! Learning as the vehicle, personal development as the goal. It's highly likely that this kind of model for qualifications would also help to narrow the disadvantage gap and be far more useful than the existing Welsh Bac. #EduSky #Teachers #Curriculum #Education #CurriculumForWales #GCSEs

*** NEW TODAY *** open.substack.com/pub/drjamesm...

*** NEW TODAY *** open.substack.com/pub/drjamesm...

New edition of the Rethinking Education podcast out now! 🎧 In this episode, @rethinkingjames.bsky.social & @realdavidc.bsky.social speak to Richard Bustin, author of #WhatareweTeaching, and delve deep into the concept of powerful knowledge & capabilities: buff.ly/19qCn8u 📘 : buff.ly/1RCuHHO