Freelance education journalist; writer for @ForbesEurope; formerly @tes, @TheNorthernEcho, @edinburghpaper, and @TeessideLive; parent through adoption
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Interesting stuff from @vicgoddard here.
PISA was never the whole story anyway but some people seemed to be quoting it as if it was, and using it as proof that no incremental change in education was allowed anymore.
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Good on this mum for standing up to the school & forcing them to back down on their ridiculous, petty rule & punishment that serves no purpose. Silly rules like thus do nothing other than drive mistrust, division & disengagement.
Beccles school overturns boy's detention after PE socks row - BBC News share.google/rjXtZREfzxh9Pnp…
Why poor behaviour in schools is not all down to gentle parenting. nickmorr.substack.com/p/why-…
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I have blanked out the name of the pre-school here to try and avoid a massive pile on, but I’d be interested to know what you think about their updated lunchbox guidelines and the bits of paper they are sending home for ‘contraventions’ of the rules.
Is it really Ofsted pressuring EYFS settings to ban white bread as the doughy texture after chewing can be a choking hazard as well as the rule about cutting raisins in half, amongst other requests mentioned. To be honest, this would drive me a bit potty if I had still had kids at that age.
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We need to stop trying to fix behaviour & start supporting nervous systems & brain states.
If we keep viewing behaviour through a lens of punitive measures & outdated frameworks we miss the brain & nervous system completely.
This is where real change begins.
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Maybe, just maybe the shortened breaks and over emphasis on academic exams might be leaving kids much less able to tolerate the school day.
“I’ve been teaching 25 years and low-level behaviour is so much worse than before - part of the problem is, if you address that behaviour, you get a reaction from the parent we never used to get”
Is gentle parenting to blame? @jasminenorden finds out.
tes.com/magazine/analysis/ge…
Interesting article on what lies behind 'behaviour crisis' in schools, but one thing it doesn't address is how schools have changed. If schools are less tolerant places, then may help explain why more children are getting into trouble.
“I’ve been teaching 25 years and low-level behaviour is so much worse than before - part of the problem is, if you address that behaviour, you get a reaction from the parent we never used to get”
Is gentle parenting to blame? @jasminenorden finds out.
tes.com/magazine/analysis/ge…
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Max Planck scientists read DNA from 27 late Neanderthals in Belgium and France and found no sign of recent Homo sapiens ancestry, even though both lived in Europe at the same time ecoticias.com/en/homo-sapien…
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Neanderthals were skilled woodworkers, first-of-its-kind tool trove reveals | Science | AAAS science.org/content/article/…
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New: new book lifts lid on children’s “strict school” experiences
educationuncovered.co.uk/new…
Interviews set out alleged impact of behaviour management policies at Athena Learning Trust and the Ted Wragg trust.
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I am coming to the conclusion that this might be the greatest book ever written in the English language.
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Continuing coverage of the Bayeux controversy seems to imply that visitors were at fault for spending longer than 40 minutes in the exhibition. Was this time limit publicised? Why are visitors being criticised for their interest and engagement? What a dispiriting situation.
The error was in creating the rule, not sending the letter - why do schools find it so hard to admit they got it wrong?
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Me begging the British Museum to just let me look at the beautiful stitching on Halley's Comet for more than two seconds even though I'm not a member of landed gentry or a politician
This, in the File on 4 story on children being put into care, seems to underestimate the impact on children of neglect. It can be just as harmful, if not more so, than abuse.
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A N Wilson sums him up pretty well here.
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Well this is terribly nice but contact from the BM to refund my ticket would be gratefully accepted? – at Stowmarket, England
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Sorry but this IS the BM's fault – at Great Oakley, England
It would certainly be infuriating and terribly disappointing to have the experience you had. But what happened here (as I understand it) is that as with all popular exhibitions at museums everywhere, to prevent overcrowding an estimate had to be made as to how long visitors would spend viewing the exhibit. The amount of time allowed for was an average of 40 minutes, which is almost twice as long as the average time visitors take in France.
The British Museum ticketing was based on this - it is not correct to call this "overbooking". It was a reasonable and generous calculation, taking into account the experience of the museum in France. However, it turns out that visitors in London are taking much longer than in France to view the tapestry. As a condition of lending the Tapestry, there is strict limit on the amount of light it can be exposed to, which the museum must rigorously observe or risk damaging it as well as breaching the agreement. So they cannot extend viewing times or take a lax view when people take longer than expected in the way museums normally do.
That is why I say it is not really the British Museum's fault that ticket holders are being turned away, although I agree it would be maddening and upsetting.
