This decision was obvious. Trusts (with CEOs in the know) are already shifting schools around, off loading those they believe will be detrimental to their ambitions. It’s so cynical. bsky.app/profile/jons...

Word of the day is ‘fanfaronade’ (19th century): to strut and swagger about as if you own the stage.

Remember that goal setting with younger children in primary schools is different… And this is just a form of metacognition! bsky.app/profile/tesm...

Five years today since Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building. In this blogpost Carina Hoerst describes her research on the group psychology of empowerment involved in the attack. blogs.sussex.ac.uk/psychology/2...

I do think eventually @ofstednews.bsky.social or @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social are going to have to say something about the risks around safeguarding that schools, the DfE and Ofsted themselves are running by remaining on Twitter when it is generating CSAM.

Introducing our edited book, Political Psychology: Revisiting the Classic Studies! @jolanda-jetten.bsky.social Each chapter considers an influential early study in the field with a fresh perspective. Published by SAGE: au.sagepub.com/en-gb/anz/po...

'A recent report by the University of Bristol found that schools had become the biggest provider of foodbanks across England, with 4,000 across the country.'

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@damsoned.bsky.social has long been one of the most refreshing voices in UK education, and her latest blog post pulls no punches. Make yourself a brew and have a read.

This is so important. We’re losing the best headteachers just as we most need them.

This is not great. A DFE SEND meeting from 6pm-7pm. For leaders with young children, they will need to make a choice between being with their children, or attending this. This is not inclusion. It is not Fair.

Is there a collective noun for a cluster of defensive euphemisms? A 'squirm'? An 'Orwell'?

Now on earth can this happen? The CEO is still in post. He is also the chair of the Teaching School Council and has been busy doing other things, outside his substantive role. Oh dear bsky.app/profile/warw...

How on earth has this happened? bsky.app/profile/warw...

New: Beleaguered academy trust reveals £4m in-year loss and £4.5m loans from government – as its effective 24 per cent topslice charge on school budgets is revealed by accounts educationuncovered.co.uk/news/beleagu... 24-school Arthur Terry Learning Partnership facing multi-faceted struggles.

Cc @peterprinsleymp.bsky.social

The next big thing… being nice to children has finally caught on. I am glad, but cannot believe it was ever thought it was a bad idea. bsky.app/profile/scho...

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Two schools that will negatively affect the trust’s overall achievement judgement. And the standardised packages that are used don’t fit. So they have to go…. Is this inclusion? bsky.app/profile/scho...

This is just odd. There is nothing “free” about an algorithm that is adjusted to suit the whims of one man. bsky.app/profile/adam...

This digital divide was starkly evident during Covid. But then schools were told to just carry on as before and any understanding about the limitations of our education system that the pandemic highlighted were ignored. Not the sign of an intelligent system. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

It’s the #NationalYearOfReading2026! Here is a poem, one of many available FREE on my website www.joshuaseigal.co.uk Enjoy, and feel free to SHARE #BookSky #EduSky

Interesting to see two constituencies close to me in Bristol on the 'bottom' list. This very clearly demonstrates how London benefits from political focus and especially resources such as transport and cultural opportunities.

Yes, Rachel. It's another case of the "ten year cycle" and after 50 years of being involved in education, let's restate; children need good teaching, tailored to their needs. Spot need and deal with it, "in the moment" to try to reduce future issues.

Perhaps I’m missing something, but doesn’t this article just summarise the intentions of the 2015 SEND reforms? Yet, here we are, 11 years later…

Another secondary focused piece… bsky.app/profile/char...

Is there scope for a primary voice as well? bsky.app/profile/tesm...

@tesmagazine.bsky.social Why are 4/6 of your newly commissioned pieces written by men? And why are most of these experts secondary focused? Education is more than secondary men.

Nothing new here. We need a new approach, not more of the same- which obviously has not worked. Disappointing. www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

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America is a rogue and malevolent state and global bad actor

This year I’m calling in the people who make money promoting sketchy and unsafe tech to teachers Starting with the men who have got MBE for doing so. Watch this space I’m tired of people being rewarded for enabling harm

Relatedly : in every adult online safety workshop I have done, I have said mumsnet and white mummy bloggers or Instagram families should worry you as much as Roblox or Snapchat. Mumsnet and other parenting forums, FB groups etc are hotbeds of right wing radicalisation. We did warn you all..

Great thread. Another aspect where secondary teachers do not seem to understand or value what happens in primary schools. bsky.app/profile/eyes...

Can all the behaviour gurus out there do me a favour? Specify which sector of education you’re talking about. Because what’s called disruptive behaviours in high school is developmentally normal behaviour in lower primary. Pupils don’t magically stop doing them, primary teachers show them how.

What bothers me is that the proponents of GLP have seen differences in spoken language and assumed there's a totally different way of processing in a language-specific system that leads to that. Maybe there is but we just don't know. I feel like it's a domain general difference. But that's anecdotal

If people can learn to communicate via gestalt processing, hooray! But I can't see how that would work given the temporality of speech processing and the evidence for speech segmentation and statistical learning. But lots to think about anyway.

Wonderful writing from @damsoned.bsky.social. And yes, it's a tragedy that these amazing colleagues feel like they have no option but to leave education. #EduSky

Thank you for shining a light on those schools. They are invaluable yet so often under valued.

A bit tangential but I'm enjoying the fact we're both languageish researchers with photos of our cats as our profile pictures

A completely naive question - those who promote the idea, do they talk of it as a lesser/weaker/poorer way of learning language?

I agree! And gestalt language processing as a theory goes against what we know about neurotypical language development. There are differences in language use, not disputing that, but we shouldn't be doing interventions without evidence for mechanism

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This… Not all children are the same. Not all children learn in the same way. Not all children have the same experiences and opportunities in life. 🤷‍♀️ bsky.app/profile/k2me...

I've seen some posts about gestalt language processing in autism again. Just to say we have no evidence that autistic language learners process language in that way. Some of us do produce language in that way though. Important not to conflate processing with production.

I am writing. Part 1. The tragedy of hidden schools, in hidden communities meganjanedixon.co.uk/2026/01/03/p...

Reading on the web is reading. Reading has never been so varied in the way we access it. Young people are growing up in an entirely different reading environment to the one people my age knew a generation ago.

Thank you so much to everyone who has contributed to my Macmillian Cancer 35 minutes a day exercise challenge. MacMillan has helped my family and I hugely over the past year- they are always there for us. Now, it’s time to give back. socialsync.app/fundraiser/c...

I too will read everything you write. From our first encounters in Macclesfield your insightful capacity to cut through to the core of all things educational shone through. Write - share - I’m listening and so are others ( and swearing this is happening) . Go for it Megan. Xx

This is exciting! Authors Kelly Yang (Front Desk series) and Kate DiCamillo (The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane) are co-hosting a new weekly podcast called StoryKind. The first episode comes out on Monday 19th January and will be available on the usual platforms.