What would have been rude would have been: “I don’t want to be lied to and treated like a child who believes in Santa and unicorn”

At least four dead and 29 injured, including two kids, in the russian terrorist attack against Odesa. We call on partners to share spare air defences, Ukrainian people are defending from the second largest army in the world backed by the alliance of tyrannies

Post lockdown teachers now seem to be expected to act as social workers, mental health professionals, counsellors, and social media use advisers. These expectations cannot stand and cannot endure. Teachers are trained to teach, that is all.

Asking for a middle aged-friend… any recommendation for bunion surgery….
#Medical
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I'm working with a school in Tangiers, Morocco that is in desperate need of English reading books for their primary classes. Do you have a surplus that you would be willing to send? Transport costs would be covered.

Districts spend upwards of $18,000 per teacher every year on education consultants and professional development pushing dubious fads and theories.

Imagine if they just bought every teacher a copy of a decent education book and gave them $17,985 more in their salary instead

We are thé working class if we work a normal job and can’t afford to take an unpaid sabbatical. Most of us are 6 months away from homelessness if we can’t work for any reason

#SlavaUkraini

Lord Cameron has hired a £42m jet to fly round Central Asia, for 5 days in ridiculous luxury.

When James Cleverly hired the same plane last year it cost you £422,000 a day.

That's 105 people's benefits for an entire year, every single day.

It's crooks that cost you.

On this day in 1967, Muhammad Ali was stripped of his heavyweight boxing championship after refusing to be inducted into the U.S. Army.

Here's a video on why he refused to be drafted into the army to go to Vietnam.

As language departments make decisions about how to resource the new GCSE, my latest blogpost may be of some help in starting to devise a checklist. helenmyers.blogspot.com/2024/04/resour… #mfltwitterati ALL Languages

This is state child abuse

That was me in English class in the 1990’s…

How to appreciate the beauty of the present moment

It would be remiss of me to not acknowledge the activism of Jack Monroe which led to ASDA increasing their essentials range from abt 60 items to well over 400. Jack has been sadly bullied off this site but I will always be grateful.

This is wonderful

I don’t think behaviour has changed in the slightest (27 years in front of inner city kids). What has changed is funding. There is virtually no support for complex needs and SEMH. This is where the difference is visible. Our SEND provision is in crisis.

My fixed term contract (maternity cover) as a MFL teacher development lead on both an ITT & ECF course, is coming to the end. I’m a former HoD MFL. Looking for ITT/ECT lead type roles for providers or Trusts/SCITTs, or MFL lead type roles for Trusts. Any leads, let me know! 🔎

Too many queer youth say they don’t see elders to give them hope. Please, for #LesbianVisibilityWeek , I’m calling lesbians age 40 and over. Reply or quote with a pic/vid to show our youth they have generations past, present, and well into the future🧡🩷🤍❤️💜

Every school seems to push maths over many other subjects. I don’t think it is sustainable. My colleague spends £100 on maths tutoring for his son and he struggles to get to a 3in GCSE 1)