Thoroughly enjoying listening to Loic Menzies James Lauder unpacking the complex concepts of education which underpin our decisions in education.(And appreciate the very generous comment on #wicked problems! TY!)

Really do encourage you to take time to listen
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Sunshine ✅
Two screens ✅
Iced coffee ✅
First WFW (working from wall) session of the summer begins! 😊

Pleasure to join Tom Richmond & James Lauder to discuss my recent Cambridge University Press & Assessment “Mapping the Way to Educational Equity” report.
Great to hear from Jim what it all meant to him as a school leader and really glad there were some practical take always along with the big ideas!

Loic Menzies It’s also worth pointing out that schools are brilliant at enabling children’s talents - long before they can compete in the real world they perform on stage, play sports, lead teams, have art and poetry displayed and admired - all in the safe environment schools create.

James Handscombe Loic Menzies Plus, not everyone *knows* what they’re good at until they’re exposed to a variety of things. AND unless school is 1:1 there’s going to have to be an element of everyone following a routine or it’ll be chaos…

Just saw this on someone’s Facebook. Normally I just grimace and ignore these things but I couldn’t bear to leave this one unchallenged.

Really looking forward to May's ASCL Curriculum Conference with a glorious line up inc Peps Julia Harnden Caroline Lowing Bennie Kara FCCT Julie McCulloch Dr Richard Kueh Rose Luckin's EDUCATE Ventures | AI for Education Loic Menzies and others not on X. Still a couple of tickets left ascl.org.uk/professional-d…

Just discovered that Deming, who I quoted in my Mapping the Way report was not just an engineer and statistician. But also a composer! That's ace!
Going to have to look up his music now!

Entire public: 'fix the decline of living standards, collapse in wages, cost of living'

Tories in the Telegraph. 'So what you're saying is that you'd like us to repeal the Equality Act, end the scourge of diversity and inclusion policies, something something the transgenders?'

We’re looking for someone wonderful to join one of the loveliest and most effective teams I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with. Come join us!!

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Natalie is, based on my (non-exhaustive) observations, one of the more thoughtful people around, so it's reasonable to engage sincerely with her thoughts. Daniel's criticisms seem to me to be inarguable, especially as they're framed as criticism and not demonisation. Good thread

We’re delighted to launch a new report in collaboration with NCS Trust, The Centre for Education and Youth and UK Youth on the impact of enrichment and education on young people.

🔗 Read the report: dofe.org/thelatest/ncs-…
 
#YPEnrichmentMatters

New report from The Centre for Education and Youth with NCS, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award & UK Youth calls for a new NPQ to build expertise in partnership working for enrichment cfey.org/reports/2024/0…

I seem to recall anecdote about Blunkett being collared by a pupil in Sheffield accusing him of being a miserable git/bastard for banning chips at lunch. But the post-Jamie Oliver food regs came in in 2005. What am I missing/what's got muddled here? Jim Knight can you help?

I’m having a lovely time on my writing retreat in Greece and feel very lucky to be in the sun. ☀️ 🇬🇷
But have to admit that BBC Radio 3 playing ‘The Lark Ascending’ right now is actually making me feel a wee bit home sick.

Just the sort of “note to self” you want to find when editing your work.