One of the biggest mistakes in education has been conflating technology with learning.

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In most cases, technology in schools is an expensive, surface level gimmick.

No surprise there then!

'Teachers: you're doing it all wrong,' say people who have never taught a class. bennettt.substack.com/p/teachers-you…

Every state should ban phones in school.

The debate around isolation rooms again shows a key issue with education…. People who don’t do the job think they can advise on / do the job better than the people who actually do it. The lack of humility is staggering.

Tackling the behaviour crisis in Scottish schools by focussing on the shape of the school day is a spectacular way to miss the point. Children mess about when we let them, when the boundaries are vague or ambiguous, and where consequences are trivial. This is like trying to lose

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I also use internal truancy as a strong indicator of how well the school runs itself. I once went to a school and counted over 100 kids out of lessons. Every one of the ones I stopped (about 20) had a well prepared excuse, every one of which crumbled under scrutiny. Half of them

My thoughts on the terrible pseudo investigation into allegations at Mossbourne. Link in post below

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They are after blood. School does right by kids and they do a hit-job. Of course they do. They are determined to ruin the lives of disadvantaged kids. 🤯

Our Senior Citizens' Xmas Party 2025 hosted a magnificent display of music, dance and song, all performed by our talented students. Our Catering students served a wide range of incredible food and engaged with the audience really bringing everyone together.

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The complaints culture in schools is now out of control. The threshold is way too low for firing in emails or calls and expecting affirmative responses. It seems it has become the main pastime in some people’s lives. I don’t know how school leadership teams with it tbh.

Wonderful. Best Christmas concert so far!

This is so INSANE. 🥴 Oh yes maybe I should do an assembly about strangulation in porn! 😲 HAVE WE ALL LOST OUR MINDS?? Why not instead ban smartphones in schools Labour?? And tell parents no unsupervised access to the internet for kids! Simple.