Charlie Carroll wrote a book about his life as supply teacher across 7 different cities, witnessing fighting, public insults, abuse, assaults, threats, weapons, smoking on site, upended tables. wp.me/p31zUY-uA But in some schools, disruption had been prevented..

With the manifestos for the main parties announced I have shared a General Election summary with staff and students ahead of our mock election. Fully hyperlinked for anyone that wants to look up their constituency, candidates and compare their personal political philosophy.

Having discovered that teachers still have data-related performance management targets a message to school leaders: STOP. DOING. THIS. IMMEDIATELY. And I mean immediately. Just delete it. You don't need to replace it with anything for it to still be a massive net positive.

Alastair Campbell, "Virtually everything in the election debates is about the opinion polls, and apart from a few postal votes, nobody has voted yet" ALASTAIR CAMPBELL "I do not for one second believe that the Conservatives are going to get virtually wiped out.. For Labour to win

Do you live in one of the most important seats at the UK general election? We’ve analysed the tactical voting data and can reveal our 80 target seats Lending votes to these candidates can not just stop your local Tory but ensure the Lib Dems become the official opposition 🧵

*** Weekend Post *** 'How to do disciplinary literacy' "Done well, and done collaboratively, disciplinary literacy can offer pupils a set of tools to crack open the curriculum." alexquigley.co.uk/what-is-discip…

They'll tell you voting doesn't make a difference. But it was a Labour Government that changed my life. If you want change, vote for it on Thursday.

A little story about behaviour, relationships, expectations and consequences: A while back, I taught a really tough Year 11 class. There weren't many of them in the room. Their attendance was sporadic. They hated science, and weren't doing very well. >

Farage says “if you vote Tory, you get Labour” Sunak says “if you vote Reform, you get Labour” Let’s be clear The only way you will get Labour is by voting Labour #GeneralElection

👂to Marc Rowland ‘recognise that pupils are largely consistent in their behaviours,actions &attitudes(even when their actions aren’t in line with our expectations!). All too often,we,the adults,are the variable…Routines,consistency&clear boundaries are🔑’George Coles 🏳️‍🌈

Rick and Me just popped back to our old school for the first time in 30 years. Working on a little project…. PB x

We welcomed ex-student and newly elected Labour MP Luke Charters MP back to Huntington school today. He answered some challenging questions from our politics students and talked about his first week in parliament. #politician #alumni

Luke Charters MP reminding us in his maiden speech that education really can make a difference! #EducationForAll #EducationMatters

Absolutely critical to addressing the retention crisis is making teaching a job where it’s possible to be great in the classroom and be a great mum. This resonates with me and so many women I know.

Carol Donaldson It’s called pay restoration. We are the public too.

Wonderful blog from Pete Jackson reflecting on his history department’s GCSE results. pjlovingthelearning.wordpress.com

"people tend to copy the actions of others in order to behave in a way that they believe is correct for a given situation" Robert Cialdini, 1984 Social Proof First day and terms are so vital in setting & resetting social norms, put the effort in early to reap the rewards later

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