📣 Upcoming webinar! 📣 With polarisation, populism and fake news on the rise, democratic institutions are facing unprecedented challenges. How can skills like critical thinking and analytical skills help foster trust in the democratic process? Sign up: bit.ly/3Nl1CCq

If this isn’t evidence of a climate emergency where urgent action is needed, I don’t know what else to say 🌍 #dosomething linkedin.com/posts/kasper-b…

Finding out what all the buzz is over at #bluesky. Find me here: @mmulligan76.bsky.social

Many thanks to Prof John Barry ⁦John Barry⁩ of ⁦HAPP at Queen's⁩ for a fantastic & engaging lecture for my Finance & Climate Justice class ⁦Trinity Geography⁩ #finance #climate #beyondgrowth

A report from Education Policy Institute examines the impact of the Phonics Screening Check introduced in England in 2012. The conclusion—looking at PIRLS data, previous research using the national pupil database, or other sources—is "no discernible impact": bit.ly/3Cqdm4o (pdf)

I began teaching in 1975. What is their view of teachers like me then?!

As Education NI announces that all schools will be provided with defibrillators, we encourage teachers and students to download our new Community of Lifesavers App which helps build confidence in the use of CPR and defibrillators. Education Authority Paul Givan NIAS

Tom Bennett OBE As an mechanic first thing I’d ask is how you were driving etc before it broke down and not just assume it was the cars fault but that you could’ve been driving it like a numpty.

📢 CCEA’s NEW #SustainableFutures web area is LIVE! Featuring info about the significant role of sustainability in the NI Curriculum, helping to inform decision-making and inspire whole-school action. 🌏 👉 ow.ly/3y5U50UsB1y 🌐 Secondary Students’ Union NI NI Youth Forum NI Commissioner for Children and Young People Education NI

🌏 Teachers & students, check out our #SustainableFutures timeline - an overview of local & global commitments to sustainability. All Areas of Learning & subject strands should contribute to education for Sustainable Development. 🌐 ccea.org.uk/document/22387 NI UK Youth Parliament Secondary Students’ Union NI

Check out our NEW #SustainableFutures web area for schools and ‘The Place of Sustainability in the Northern Ireland Curriculum’. Sustainability impacts individuals, societies and nations, now and in the future. 🌏🧑‍🤝‍🧑 👉 ccea.org.uk/document/22380 NI UK Youth Parliament NI Youth Forum Secondary Students’ Union NI

Justin Trudeau lays out the facts about Russia’s invasions and how Putin cannot be trusted before saying he stands with President Zelenskyy and the people of Ukraine. Thankfully, he does not mention the disgusting display of Trump and Vance.

Former President of Poland Lech Wałęsa wrote the following letter to Donald Trump: 1/n

Reading the Curriculum & Assessment Review more carefully, I'm struck by how much the word 'mastery' comes up & how deeply embedded it is in the thinking. Yet 'mastery' & the sequential building up of 'foundational' knowledge upon which all else rests, is a highly questionable 1/

Another very important issue being addressed by Mary Myatt! In English, the whole idea of 'novices v experts' seems to me to be part of the problem, with a risk of much prior knowledge & experience from primary being completely ignored & assumptions made about 'lacks' & 'gaps' 1/

‘School hasn’t changed! Why are so many more young people unable to attend? Don’t they just have to learn to put up with it?’ I’m often asked all of these questions. So here’s a quick answer. School has changed since most of us over the age of 30 were there. Starting in 2010

I have visited 3 secondary settings last week who were slated by OFSTED for not using phonics Ofsted could you explain the rationale behind this? Decoding is one way of reading and if kids have done 6 years of phonics and it hasn't worked..why more?

Funded PhD opportunity with Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore and I, at Cambridge. We are looking for someone interested in developmental science, to start in the coming academic year. Please share it with anyone you think might be interested (see details attached 😁). drive.google.com/file/d/1RIvgoU…

On the grounds that it is easier to ask forgiveness than permission, I've decided to make available online my foreword to Guy Claxton's "The future of teaching—and the myths that hold it back" (Routledge 2021). It's here: bit.ly/ClaxtonForeword

Great to see the students of StPeter'sPlumbridge having fun while working hard 👏