In 2016 I began joining up the dots
I was accused of being a conspiracy theorist by those with something to hide
The Birth of Education’s new Scientology Cult
Dodgy data, dance moves & the shutting down of conflicting evidence - an age of Unthink
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Wolf, Frayne, Cummings, Gove, Toby Young, Simons, Freedman, The New Schools Network, The Tax Payers Alliance, Policy Exchange & the “Kids In Prison Program”
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Read Before Blocking
5 techniques to shut down dissent on #EduTwitter
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Taking a break
When Twitter feels like drinking from a firehose of ill-informed opinion, ignorance, self-interest, fluffy kittens and bile
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It couldn’t happen here, could it?
Part 1
Replacing teachers with tablets & the self-driving classroom
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Learners Voice
Who do who these self-appointed, or sometimes government appointed, child catchers think they work for?
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It couldn’t happen here, could it?
Part 2
The Uberfication of Education by Bridge International Academies (now with offices in London & sponsor of @UKTI supported @TheEWF)
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People have had enough of experts
Who are the faceless elites behind the UK’s most influential think tank?
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How to make a good teacher
Why excellent education doesn’t scale
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The weaponisation of isolation, exclusions & directors of discipline (no, that isn’t a goth band either)
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Education & Democracy Pt 1
The teacher - an experienced practitioner nevertheless is rewarded, monitored & their performativity based, on how many of these young people can be got through a set of tests within a narrow curriculum
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Our schools are addicted to the tyranny of measurement, underpinned by a multi-billion dollar business
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De-skilling the Profession
This means that rather than retaining teachers, some get to the point where they can’t take it anymore, and then, unfortunately, leave the profession
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DfE plunders the £72 million Teaching and Learning Innovation Fund to reward its policy supporters, sycophants and Behaviour Tsars
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How does a stagnating education system reinvent itself to equip students to solve new problems and prepare them for a workplace that doesn’t yet exist?
With @AlisonMPeacock via @Renegade_Inc
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Have you ever wondered who funds UK government education policy?
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