Thread by @karamballes

This is why the UK Statistics Authority wrote to the Tory Party during the 2019GE to reprimand them for claiming "more students are now in outstanding schools than in 2010"

Also reprimanded over funding claims
4 times I believe
#edutwitter

https://twitter.com/2tubies/status/1457272459036606469

This is how UK politics works, policies are designed to produce metrics that can be lauded at elections, the reality on the ground, the impact on real lives isn't important,they just need a stat they can quote and hide behind in the face of questioning. Policies 4 slogans not ppl

Below inflation increases for education, wages and other services allowed them to claim "more money than ever before" while funding" while in real terms we saw an 8% decrease per pupil, lost 15k support staff, reduction in teaching numbers and workload increases

As for claims Academisation raises standards...
The data shows no evidence of that this is the case, independent research from Education Policy Institute came to the same conclusion
And this is before we look at how the system was gamed to favour academies

There has been a push to fail LA schools and forced academisation and there are many raised eyebrows at what appears to be special treatment for large MAT's which just so happen to be linked to Tory donors, hedge funds, venture capitalists.

https://twitter.com/karamballes/status/1276454783818387458?t=rlIpURJYfJJmm_TT8vmbmA&s=19

No one should be suprised by the rampant corruption seen with covid contracts
Its how DfE has been run for 11 years, those who developed policies, benefit from them, are rewarded and then up regulating the system

Its rotten⬇️

https://twitter.com/karamballes/status/1193323390460997632?t=rlIpURJYfJJmm_TT8vmbmA&s=19

We see the same now with "Catch up funding"
Covid and supply costs are draining budgets, we get a fraction of the money recommended, a fraction of what other countries are providing

https://twitter.com/karamballes/status/1371242538661728257?t=yEzlIyCwBMtV9lCSx7q6yw&s=19

Big chunk of the new money is going to the National Tutoring Programme
Remember how that was going to be a silver bullet?
Over a year later its barely got off the ground but looks to be providing good revenue for private companies

https://twitter.com/karamballes/status/1373008413882515459?t=mKXGnt9YAm5IyANGfZjsuA&s=19

Queens Speech and Budget didn't do enough to even address the issues we had pre pandemic, never alone the situation we face now

This government doesn't value education for the majority

https://twitter.com/karamballes/status/1392240313759064066?t=UnENkEge7Flmhq__lPtiXA&s=19

Ofsted boss is from a big MAT
Children's Commissioner is from a big MAT
Regional Schools Commissioners are from big MATs
Exams regulator has ppl from big MATs
DfE advisors are from big MATs

Education system now resembles revolving doors we have in the financial sector

While we continue to be starved of adequate funding we will see the system continue to be stacked in favour of the favoured faces

Academisation will continue to be the false promised lands while education is captured by those linked to the Tory Party

This gov is always thinking about keeping power at the next election not improving people's lives thats why they'll focus on phones not funding, behaviour but not supporting services.
Culture wars are cheap and they can create straw enemies that we need them to protect us from

Just look at their attitude to social mobility.

https://twitter.com/karamballes/status/1447589630703030273?t=8BO6sMoUcMH5EYDAVenDuw&s=19

If they really cared about education they would have invested in ventilation and air filtration in the 2020 summer holidays.
Instead we have yet another year where we face disruption, unknown long term damage to children's health and in some cases deaths

https://twitter.com/karamballes/status/1444359604591267844?t=OGu-MxtuwMMvrtn5G1-7wQ&s=19