This is an excellent blog from Joe Hallgarten, another important contribution to the debate from Forum Strategy. A powerful assertion of the importance of local collaboration beyond the boundaries of the MAT - my view is that there should be a formal duty on MATs to collaborate.

The Cultural Education Plan is unlikely to be a game changer, says Joe Hallgarten. It's time for a new body along the lines of the Youth Sports Trust to champion the arts in schools Joe Hallgarten
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Taking a Twitter break for a while as in need of a few distraction-free weeks. Feel free to track me down on LinkedIn.

This photo by Steve Conlan - yes, of me - at the poll tax demo in 1990, has kind of blown me away. Wasn't aware of it until published in The Times and The Sunday Times last week. thetimes.co.uk/article/d27261…

Mel Ainscow provided useful insight when I asked Schools Week to publish this article last October. I think we need to embrace regional/city mayoral structure in all of this schoolsweek.co.uk/to-be-inclusiv…

✨NEW PUBLICATION!!🚨

Our second paper looking at how #headteachers make sense of #complexity has just been released!

#leadership #schools #complexity #psychology

Open access available here 👇
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🎉New blog! ⁦Rethinking Assessment⁩

Dispositional learning: Rethinking wellbeing assessment through creative pedagogies

⁦Carnegie Education⁩ ⁦OECD Education⁩ ⁦Professor Bill Lucas⁩ ⁦Story Makers Company⁩ rethinkingassessment.com/rethinking-blo…

Writing article for Arts Professional on a new Youth Arts Trust, and distracted by a random policy idea. Why don't we heavily tax any mark-ups put on basic prices of cultural/sporting events (VIP packages etc) and hypothecate funding to pay for a new arts offer for children? Thangam Debbonaire

It's #Friday5 - our roundup of the week in education and youth policy!

1. World Happiness Report on young people's happiness
2. Nine-day fortnights for teachers?
3. Children's Commissioner for England on youth voice
4. NEF's National Skilling Wage
5. Resolution Foundation on home ownership

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To Measure Or Not To Measure - Jacqui O’Hanlon, Director of Creative Learning and Engagement at The RSC shares important new findings from research into the impact of Shakespeare’s work and theatre-based teaching on learning outcomes in primary education
culturallearningalliance.org.uk/to-measure-or-…

Would love to do an internship/programme related to Educational policy/Department of Education over the Summer. Can anyone point me in the direction of people/organisations that I could contact. DMs welcome. Tom Bennett OBE Haili Hughes Laura McInerney #WomenEd Being10%Braver 🦩 Teach First Ambassadors💥🙌

Typically generous of Lekha Sharma FCCT, who is brilliant on school culture and has pushed my thinking so much - this is a great book 👇

Someone has emailed to say that they cannot read any non-fiction in their Y1 class unless it is linked to the Y1 curriculum. (by Ofsted advisor!) For example, children cannot read about parts of a plant because it comes later. Is this an actual rule?

It has been a pleasure and a privilege to be a Trustee of the Horniman for the past 8 years. Please do think seriously about this opportunity if you care about its mission and are interested in helping shape and support its future direction.

Pathways For All: An Independent Commission Report on Post-16 education In its report, an independent commission challenges the government's rush to streamline post 16 qualifications & the risks it poses to some young people. Read the report in full here: eu1.hubs.ly/H087shS0

This is one of those shocking but true statistics. Imagine, 4 million adults every year not getting a learning opportunity. The damage, lost opportunity is enormous

The more curriculum brains the merrier - join us!

What on earth? Please stop doing this!

📢 Calling primary subject leads for the foundation subjects and science!

Myatt & Co Primary Subject Network is looking for leads to share their Oracy stories.

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great afternoon facilitating first #actionlearning set meeting with teachers in Slough, supported by Artswork. Are there other #actionlearning sets out there for teachers, or are we pioneers? Like action research, Much bastardised term, but when it's pure it can be powerful.