There is nothing new about kids bunking lessons if they’re allowed to. Laying this at the door of SEND is simply ducking the fact that children will often opt-out if no one stops them. The main factor driving this isn’t mental health, but human nature. Sadly in Scotland, the

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📸 | A longer look at James's entrance at Clash of the Comics! Thanks to @/dropkickem on TikTok

This slide demonstrates what happens when you mistake education for therapy, the teacher for a therapist, and the classroom for a counselling session. ‘Maths trauma’ is a term invented to persuade people children are broken, and must be treated like fine china. PTSD is a

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Why have US test scores dropped since 2013, after decades of gains? Smartphones/social-media is part, but Idrees Kahloon offers a compelling complementary factor: a decreased willingness to hold students to high standards. In The Atlantic theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

He was in Dalston all of five minutes before he bought an avocado tote bag And they say integration is impossible

O2 price rise feels like a mockery of Ofcom’s consumer protection! O2 has announced that from April 2026, mobile customers will see their monthly bills rise by MORE THAN IT TOLD THEM, £30 a year – up 40% from the £21.60 annual increase previously written into their contracts.

This guy literally dropped the best mindset shift you’ll ever hear

Did you know, you can easily create a set of questions to test and consolidate previously taught topics? Just choose the objectives you want to test then click the appropriate button. I've opened up this percentages unit for anyone to have a play with. mathsbot.com/unit?id=165

The ultimate solution to procrastination... it's incredibly simple, but too uncomfortable for most people to actually do.

spending the first year in power appeasing the racists in an attempt to win over reform voters who will never vote for him then going "somehow, racism has returned" the second he finally sees people are abandoning him for the greens theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

Many students are sold a lie that learning should feel pleasurable, and when that's not their experience, the cognitive dissonance eats them alive. It's like someone signs up for strength & conditioning at a gym and the trainer tells them that they should feel pleasure doing

I used to think the main damage from social media was to youth mental health. Now I believe that the global destruction of the human ability to pay attention may be even larger. A meta-analysis shows the damage, to adults as well as teens, from TikTok+ psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2026-…

“Academic accommodations for anxiety convey two harmful messages. First, they imply that the feared situation is truly dangerous. Public speaking, testing, or lunch with classmates are too risky for a student. Second, they suggest that the student can’t withstand the distress.

Instructional Illusions, Paul A. Kirschner Carl Hendrick & Dr. Jim Heal new book, is predictably outstanding. But the chapter on motivation & its misunderstandings really sings 🧵

The way we help students with stress is to help them to master that stress or see the trigger as less stressful, not by confirming that the source of their anxiety must be avoided at all costs.

Parents: Do not give your children any AI companions or AI enhanced toys. With social media 15 years ago, we can say we didn't know. With AI, we can already see some of the harms, such as suicide and psychosis. Other harms will surface years from now. afterbabel.com/p/dont-give-yo…

People who don't think phones/social media are having a deleterious effect on developing brains -- what's the alternative explanation for this? Did every country put lead in the water at the same time?