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Dictionary discovery of the day: ‘empleomania’ (19th century) is the manic desire to hold public office, at whatever cost.

Very useful indeed; thanks Lewes Coronavirus Volunteers for sharing 🙏

Michael Rosen on his Covid-19 coma: ‘It felt like a pre-death, a nothingness’ | Books | The Guardian theguardian.com/books/2020/sep…

Free school meals: 200 children's authors condemn government | Education | The Guardian theguardian.com/education/2020…

Dame Rachel de Souza set to be next children's commissioner | Tes tes.com/news/rachel-de…

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Exclusive: Teacher Covid rates up to 333% above average | Tes tes.com/news/exclusive…

Advice from the JCVI on priority groups for a Covid-19 vaccine does not include school/childcare workers. Petition calls for these workers, who cannot distance or use PPE, to be put on the vaccine priority list when such a list is adopted into govt policy. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/5543…

Teachers' access to Covid vaccine up for debate by MPs | Tes tes.com/news/priority-…

What Do Those Free School Meals ‘Ration Parcels’ Tell Us About Modern Britain? | HuffPost Life huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/food-par…

Tonight! Brighton&Hove NEU are hosting an excellent session tonight on *Recovery: what's best for children and education?* with NEU Joint General Secretary Kevin Courtney, Alison Ali - Save Our Schools, Beatrice Merrick - Early Education: facebook.com/events/7745304….

parentvoice.surveysparrow.com/s/parent-voice… Save our Schools have helped to develop this national parent survey about the Department of Education's response to the Covid pandemic. The more parents fill it in, the more accurate a picture of parents’ opinions will be captured.

“Gavin Williamson said the government’s vision is for the school system to continue to move decisively towards a single model built on strong multi-academy trusts as its foundation.” Drive for MAT school system - GOV.UK gov.uk/government/new…

New: DfE’s “try before you buy” academy trust experiences teacher strike at school it has been managing educationuncovered.co.uk/news/150831/df… Detailed look at goings-on at Peacehaven Heights primary in E Sussex, which is under heavy influence of the STEP Academy Trust, pre-academisation.

This will disproportionately affect students from a low income background because they won't be able to pick up the arts in the way that those with means and income can support themselves. It's a way of ensuring that the arts are a reserve of the affluent.

Gavin Williamson wants to turn more state schools into academies | Academies | The Guardian theguardian.com/education/2021…