NEW INTERVIEW Kadra Abdinasir is Associate Director for Policy @centreformh.bsky.social She speaks about highly punitive schools impact on young people’s mental health. So much important research and thoughtful insights + race, behaviourism, sanctions. Listen here: linktr.ee/yap.producti...

NEW EP - The Future This 1 has quite a few 🔥takes... We discuss whether Michaela sets young people up for success - the ex-student had a lot to say on this topic. Interviews with Andreas Schleicher, Stephen Ball, Katharine Birbalsingh and Chloe Combi. linktr.ee/yap.producti...

Our hosts spoke about an artwork by Palle Nielsen called The Model (1968), in which young people built their own structure and learnt through play, and discussed what it might tell us about education for creativity. Watch here: www.tiktok.com/@thegradedpo...

Prof Diane Reay (University of Cambridge) on Michaela out now. Some key phrases from the interview: "Docile workers" "Civilising the masses" "Missionary zeal" Listen here: linktr.ee/yap.producti...

🚨 Diane Reay interview out tomorrow Diane is a highly influential prof of education at Cambridge. She doesn’t hold back in her challenges to Michaela’s approach and her concerns about what their model means for education. Recent/related blog @lseblogs.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...

I have been thinking about this tweet from Katharine Birbalsingh for a while, where she says how eloquent Zia Yusuf is. It doesn’t feel great to me… 🪏🪏

🎭📷🤸 Ep on Creativity at Michaela out now Does silence, no excuses, and this highly punitive environment help Michaela students to feel safe enough to explore, or limit their creativity? Find out what we think here: linktr.ee/yap.producti...

🚨🚨Ep 4 CREATIVITY out tomorrow! 🎭🎨🤸 Does Michaela help young people feel safe enough to explore ideas, or are the boundaries so strict that they stop them thinking outside the box? 🎧Follow us👇 linktr.ee/yap.producti...

Ep1 (Learning) of Graded goes inside Katharine Birbalsingh's Michaela to unpack its routines, small-c conservative values, + curriculum. Young people face forwards all lesson. Every hand up. Is this love of learning – or immaculate compliance? Listen here: 🎧 linktr.ee/yap.producti...

🎧 Graded Podcast focuses on Michaela Community School. We ask what learning, behaviour, and social justice should look like. Interviews with an ex-student, Katharine Birbalsingh, Prof Stephen Ball, Tom Bennett, Prof Diane Reay, Andreas Schleicher (OECD/PISA) +more🏫 linktr.ee/yap.productions