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

*** NEW POST *** 5 low-effort, high-impact strategies for building a more transparent, inclusive approach to change makingchangestick.substack.com/p/build-a-gl...

Check it out Substack drjamesmannion.substack.com/p/what-are-w... Twitter x.com/Rethinking_E... Bluesky bsky.app/profile/reth... Threads www.threads.com/@drjamesmann... Insta www.instagram.com/p/DMsHNoTiDe6/ LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... Tiktok www.tiktok.com/@rethinking_...

Just spent two wonderful hours talking with @rethinkingjames.bsky.social & Kate McCallister for the Rethinking Education podcast! Such a pleasure! Not sure when it'll be up, but you can find it here when it is: www.rethinking-ed.org/podcast

🎧 Catch up on all recent episodes of the Rethinking Education podcast with @rethinkingjames.bsky.social and @realdavidc.bsky.social on our website at: buff.ly/HacKkCB

*** NEW SUNBED LISTENING MATERIAL! *** What Are We Teaching? – with @richardbustin.bsky.social drjamesmannion.substack.com/p/what-are-w... ✔️ What powerful knowledge is – and isn’t ✔️ How geography “went woke” ✔️ Why teacher autonomy matters @realdavidc.bsky.social @crownhousepub.bsky.social

I've spent the day researching various ways to help people in Gaza. If you're able to donate, here's a list of trusted charities and initiatives providing food, water, medical care, mental health support, and internet access. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

This morning The Guardian has thrown its weight behind the campaign for oracy education. This is an important moment for the oracy movement. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

My son has started a podcast called 'Pondering with Ponch' For Episode 2, he interviewed yours truly. Here’s a short clip in which we ponder the unfathomable mystery of existence… Full audio and video here: open.spotify.com/episode/2M1g...

Copy and complete: A knowledge-rich curriculum is poor in…

Entering the mother of all staff rooms to learn about The Open School...

New episode of the Rethinking Education podcast out now! In this episode, @rethinkingjames.bsky.social and @realdavidc.bsky.social are joined by the inspirational @trythisteaching.bsky.social to explore what it would take to fix the SEND crisis. 🎧📲:

“One of the greatest barriers to progress is smart people who are nonetheless very conventional; they are excellent at coming up with reasons why things should stay exactly as they are.” I'm only in the preface but already I’m hooked.

*** BRAND NEW COMMUTER MATERIAL *** Fixing the SEND crisis with @trythisteaching.bsky.social Full episode, show notes: www.rethinking-ed.org/fixing-the-s... 💚: open.spotify.com/episode/2zBj... 🍏: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f... @crownhousepub.bsky.social @realdavidc.bsky.social

*** NEW TODAY ON MAKING CHANGE STICK *** Don’t reinvent the wheel: Write a one-page research summary This 1-hour activity will save you a WORLD of pain makingchangestick.substack.com/p/one-page-r...

Super excited to get my hands on this little beauty. And to be interviewing the mighty @jazampawfarr.bsky.social on the podcast soon! @crownhousepub.bsky.social

I’d add teach critical thinking & I’d make oracy the 1st R

👋 NEW POST 👋 From critique to action: Seven practical ideas to improve education What would you add to this list? What would you change? drjamesmannion.substack.com/p/from-criti...

***NEW POD & POST*** Should Year 3 pupils influence school policy? "You can't afford not to!" Headteacher Kulvarn Atwal on the power of slice teams Full post - juicy clips, links to pods: makingchangestick.substack.com/p/you-cant-a...

🪄 NEW POST 🪄 How to defeat the educational polycrisis, part deux: The weekly review. All schools should be doing this. Prove me wrong! www.drjamesmannion.com/post/the-wee...

🪄 NEW POST 🪄 How to defeat the educational polycrisis, part deux: The weekly review. All schools should be doing this. Prove me wrong! www.drjamesmannion.com/post/the-wee...

With a hit tip to @rethinkingjames.bsky.social's piece, Learning to *be*, which came up in our conversation the other day! drjamesmannion.substack.com/p/learning-t... #EduSky

Ahh I'm so excited! Great conversation, James. So glad to chat with you!

oh that sounds amazing!

Bucket-list item ticked off! Just recorded a *delightful* conversation with Nick on the Human Restoration Project podcast. Keep your eyes peeled for a return fixture on the Rethinking Ed pod soon!

@rethinkingjames.bsky.social post is excellent: a valuable call to work together to address the current situation (polycrisis). Surely working together means recognising there are shared goals and paths across the diversity of thought among education professionals?

New episode of the Rethinking Education podcast is out now! Hosts @rethinkingjames.bsky.social & @realdavidc.bsky.social speak with @warwickmansell.bsky.social‬ & @drnaomifisher.bsky.social‬ about the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill currently making its way through parliament:

🎯 NEW POST ON MAKING CHANGE STICK! 🎯 The 4th and final post in a mini-series on how to choose a school improvement focus when everything feels like a priority makingchangestick.substack.com/p/how-to-cho... 💥 Includes a free poster! 💥 And a pod chat about my recent radicalisation (!)

*** EXCITING NEWS! *** On Sat 11th October, a unique, low-cost educational gathering will take place in Manchester. Here's a blog explaining a little about the event: drjamesmannion.substack.com/p/we-are-the... And here's where to snaffle an early bird ticket: www.eventbrite.com/e/everybody-...

The first half of our summer release schedule! 6/7 - Our Family Culture 6/21 - @heymrsbond.com 7/5 - @stimpunks.org 7/19 - @rethinkingjames.bsky.social Search & subscribe to 'Human Restoration Project' on any podcast app or listen on our website: humanrestorationproject.org/podcast #EduSky

STONKING review in We ❤️ Brighton! welovebrighton.com/best-of-brig... Final two shows tomorrow - 3.30 and 7.30! www.brightonfringe.org/events/the-a...

This was the first real video we made way back in 2022 (it premiered at @rethinkingjames.bsky.social's virtual conference!), but I believe now more than ever in its urgency. If you need a human-centered education manifesto, this is it:

One for my #Brighton fruits We're doing 241 deal on tonight's show at Ironworks Studios Brighton Promo code 241ANGEL Bring a friend to Death's waiting room for free! Tickets here: www.brightonfringe.org/events/the-a... Amazing review: fringereview.co.uk/review/brigh... #brightonfringe

One for my #Brighton fruits We're doing 241 deal on tonight's show at Ironworks Studios Brighton Promo code 241ANGEL Bring a friend to Death's waiting room for free! Tickets here: www.brightonfringe.org/events/the-a... Amazing review: fringereview.co.uk/review/brigh... #brightonfringe

Some lovely comments on today's Making Change Stick substack on the role of values in school improvement. Get involved! open.substack.com/pub/makingch...

School leaders! I'd *love* to hear your thoughts on my latest post on values mapping: - What are your school’s core values? - How did you arrive at them – and who was involved? makingchangestick.substack.com/p/values-map...