This is a superb thread that captures and explains the frustrations many of us feel, but did not/could not articulate as well as this. 👏 Bravo.

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We need to look at this as a profession and ask ourselves very seriously what is going on in the education system. #EduSky

Graph that show the levels of school suspensions by deprivation - and the HUGE increase post Covid. @warwickmansell.bsky.social always spots what other are missing in education news - and these stats are not surprising to anyone who is close to schools - but clearly missing in the wider debate.

Claudia Mendoza, Chief Executive of @thejlc.org , spoke to me about her Adeni heritage, & the warmth of belonging. But it isn't all challah & hilbah. I also asked about the failings of leaders to engage with Racism, & the tension between those who are accepted, and those who aren't. #jewsky

Building a world class curriculum for whom? New blog post from me tenpencemore.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/t...

I think this @schoolsweek.bsky.social interview demonstrates how the focus of the curriculum review was subject related and secondary focused. I don't think it actually deals with key issues around young people's engagement and wellbeing within the English system. schoolsweek.co.uk/interview-be...

Finally, some good news from the USA. Like everyone who's ever spent time there, I never stopped believing they could vote for better. It's an incredible country built by good people, with a messed up past. Like most places. I hope #Mamdani fulfills the hope he has rekindled.

❗ Curriculum review proposals revealed New curriculum in 2028: schoolsweek.co.uk/new-curricul... Proposals round-up: schoolsweek.co.uk/curriculum-r... Subject reccs: schoolsweek.co.uk/curriculum-r... Q&A with Becky Francis: schoolsweek.co.uk/interview-be...

The Becky Francis curriculum review is out! Obviously, it's a mixed bag, but... It's not as small an evolution as I'd feared. Some good stuff here, but let's see how it'll be resourced and supported to be ready for 2027/8. To do this right will need serious £££ schoolsweek.co.uk/curriculum-r...

Compost the rich:

This one is to work with me at @hamiltonbrookes.bsky.social Please share and apply this week! #edusky #eduskyuk #hiring #oxford #jobadvert

A movie you've seen more than 7x in a gif

Have scared the shit out of lots of children this evening, and two asked for a trick and (with parental approval) got water pistol sprayed! No sweets left and a takeaway on the way. Bottle of wine and The Blackening cued up to watch.... That's a good night. #happyhalloween

This is how. Every Dem, please, this is how. EVERYONE in the media, please!!

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Simple win for Reeves in her #budget that will bring economic growth in the UK + other benefits Legalise edible marijuana products Shops opening all over the country New revenue into the exchequer New Jobs growing and preparing Growth to rural communities Drugs gangs suffer Very Popular.

The way the Today show has interviewed two separate white tourist families about the Jamaica storm in the last 15 mn, but not one of the hundreds of thousands of dual citizens or Britons with Jamaican relatives tells you all you need to know about immigrant representation in this country’s media.

Judas! @thebugle.bsky.social

"You left Europe because you wanted less boats, you have more boats. You left Europe because you wanted more investment. You have less investment." Prime Minister Edi Rama of Albania on the UK's decision to leave the European Union. Watch in full ➡️ bit.ly/4qkZnS0

#ShabbatShalom y'all I've spent today talking to potential guests for Season 3, and there are already some fascinating stories ahead. Please subscribe and listen to Season 2 and tell me what you'd like to hear next! #jewishdiversity #jewsky

I've got my ticket!!! Looking forward to being part of the conversation with so many great people! #edusky

I'm #hiring Are you awesome? Work with us!! uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=8... #edujobs

Any racism is bad ... And it's hard to feel sorry for Kash Patel. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/pas...

Much of the £1bn spent every year on CPD is ineffective, warns new report from @teacherdevtrust.bsky.social - with 4/10 teachers saying it does not improve their teaching www.tes.com/magazine/new...

For those still wondering if the Aston Villa / Maccabi decision was right or wrong. Also credit to BBCR4 Any Answers team @anitaanand.bsky.social and all those who called in on this topic for handling this question with exactly the nuance and info needed. www.timesofisrael.com/police-cance...

“What does a Jew look like?” Eliaz Reuben-Dandeker’s story starts on India’s Konkan coast and shatters every simple answer. New episode "Memory as Resistance" - a conversation about colour, language, and belonging that won’t fit the usual frame. Subscribe and listen now Links in bio. #jewsky

Yuk! I'm sorry to hear that. As a bloke with strong opinions about almost everything, plus a ton of privileges, it's my daily, hourly work to keep these under control. If you'd like to contact these guys to mansplain this to them.... It would be an appropriate vent for a lot of unhealthy energy!

New Ep out now! 'Memory as Resistance' Eliaz Reuben-Dandeker grew up between Marathi, Hebrew, Hindi, and Urdu – and people still asked, “What are you?” He answers with food, photographs, and a deep love for the Bene Israel story. New episode out now. Links in bio

It's the 5 year book birthday of A Little Guide to Teacher Wellbeing and Self-Care!!! @thosethatcan and I are super proud of our Little book and thankful to everyone who has bought it for themselves or a friend. 🙏🏽 🛒 amzn.eu/d/aCoKt8g

Has the #BBC explained why it hasn't joined Bluesky? Staying on X, and refusing to join this place, is a deeply political decision. But then our political class obsesses with itself there, so maybe we need to start with our MPs. The only exception is @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social 👏🏼 Where are the rest

Have spent a whole day, from about 8am, doing domestic filing and admin. Is there a word for a task that is boring / exasperating and satisfying at the same time?

Great piece about Malala Yousafzai. This is a long read, but an interview that is clearly based on a ongoing conversation and full of details that echo the biggest issues in our news, ... But it's also about a young woman. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

This morning there is Hope. Hope is a tattered scrap of clothing, memory of the smile of a loved one, an acceptance that things have been lost but to keep moving. It's not Peace yet. But ... Maybe... Bring them home End the genocide Stop the settlers Build a Peace that can last.

Sukkot begins tonight 🌿✨ A festival of harvest and memory, marking the Israelites’ desert wanderings and the season’s abundance. 📷 The Benguiat family, late nineteenth century Smyrna (now Izmir), Ottoman Empire, late 19th century. The Jewish Museum.

Every Shabbat and Jewish festival, we pray for a just and equal world without oppression or suffering. Our Jewish communal grief should not mean a choice between supporting us *or* Palestinians because we should not be conflated with the actions of a nation state.

New @jprdata.bsky.social study: 1 in 4 British Jews aged 20-29 now identify as anti-Zionist, 1 in 5 as non-Zionist. Half say Israel’s actions clash w/ their Jewish values. www.jpr.org.uk/reports/two-... #jewsky

The breadth of Jewish disapproval of Netanyahu is significantly under-reported in UK media. Views are never monolithic but the median British Jew feels an attachment to Israel and feels Netanyahu has been a disaster for Israel (Institute for Jewish Policy Research) www.jpr.org.uk/reports/what...

Just in case it wasn't clear that ethno-nationalisism isn't a synonym for racism, and how twisted the thinking is of the Israeli government, they've welcomed a man who hates Muslims more than he hates Jews, so that makes him heroic. Sickened. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

This weekend's @theipaper.com cartoon

'For me, religion is an attitude to reality’ @michaellomotey.bsky.social speaks with calm strength: Black, Ghanaian, British, Jewish. Hope lives in how he builds a steady centre at home, even when the sukkah walls shake in the wind. Links in bio #jewsky youtube.com/shorts/VIiFP...

#ShabbatShalom A hope for peace and rest every week - and this one more than most.

After a painful week for British Jews, it feels hard to share new work. But as #Shabbat approaches so soon after the tears of Yom Kippor, @michaellomotey.bsky.social reminds us: ‘Shabbat is ... the greatest environmental move you could do.’ youtube.com/shorts/msU_I... Links in Bio #jewsky

Seeing as just under 6% of respondents to the 2021 census said they were Muslim, while 0.4% were Jewish, this tells me that while hate crimes against Muslims are still more common, you are more likely to have a hate crime committed against you if you are Jewish www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...

My heart breaking for all those caught up in the attack in Manchester. Horrific anytime, but on Yom Kippor it feels even harder - as everyone in the community (religious or not) is reflecting on how to be more open hearted and better in the new year. All this while fasting. #HopenotHate

Hope all those in the Netanyahu government are atoning, hard! But, actually... It's for all leaders in the region to reflect on

Wishing well over the fast to all observing as Kol Nidre approaches.

A man lost in time Near KaDeWe Just walking the dead. Where are we now? #ifyouknowyouknow

Wonderful to see these country music heroes reject Trump's culture wars.

Had to get the train From Postsdamer Platz You never knew that That I could do that Just walking the dead ... Where are we now, where are we now? The moment you know, you know, you know #bowieforever