DamsonEd
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Dr Megan Dixon: teacher, leader and researcher. PhD, Psychology. All things education and research - literacy, English, research into practice, curriculum, SEND. TES writer. Based in the UK. https://meganjanedixon.co.uk
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· May 8
What schools are doing to tackle the speech and language ‘crisis’
The number of children with speech and language challenges is soaring. And not all of these pupils have SEND. Experts tell Ellen Peirson-Hagger how in-school intervention is possible - and highly effe...
www.tes.com
On the back of this article- a thread of useful places for schools/teachers who are interested in finding out more… as I say, this has been a serious issue for a long time… it would be powerful to get a serious handle on it (with obvious impact on ed outcomes).
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
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This new report from NFER lists communication as one of the six key skills that workers across the UK economy will need to thrive in their jobs in a technology dominated world.
Our Skills Imperative 2035 Programme has identified shortages in six Essential Employment Skills (listed below 👇), and stressed how these skills will become increasingly important as they complement growing workplace technology.
Find out more 👉 www.nfer.ac.uk/key-topics-e... #Skills2035
Find out more 👉 www.nfer.ac.uk/key-topics-e... #Skills2035
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This new report from NFER lists communication as one of the six key skills that workers across the UK economy will need to thrive in their jobs in a technology dominated world.
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Ofsted’s new inspections have created extra workload for school staff and put pressure on inspection teams, warns @ascl-uk.bsky.social
Ofsted’s new inspections cause ‘greater stress’, warn heads
But schools taking part in the first inspections under the new report-card system also report that the process feels more collaborative
www.tes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Ofsted’s new inspections have created extra workload for school staff and put pressure on inspection teams, warns @ascl-uk.bsky.social
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'Local education partnerships' can foster collaboration between maintained schools and academies and fill the 'policy vacuum' left by the fragmentation of the system, a former education secretary and Ofsted chief have said
schoolsweek.co.uk/call-for-loc...
schoolsweek.co.uk/call-for-loc...
Call for education partnerships to fill MAT 'policy vacuum'
Local groups of schools are 'providing the missing link' in a 'fragmented' system
schoolsweek.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
'Local education partnerships' can foster collaboration between maintained schools and academies and fill the 'policy vacuum' left by the fragmentation of the system, a former education secretary and Ofsted chief have said
schoolsweek.co.uk/call-for-loc...
schoolsweek.co.uk/call-for-loc...
All those partnerships that were in place, and destroyed by the academy model and the intense competition the Tory government promoted…
Turns out it was a good thing after all.
Who knew?!
bsky.app/profile/scho...
Turns out it was a good thing after all.
Who knew?!
bsky.app/profile/scho...
'Local education partnerships' can foster collaboration between maintained schools and academies and fill the 'policy vacuum' left by the fragmentation of the system, a former education secretary and Ofsted chief have said
schoolsweek.co.uk/call-for-loc...
schoolsweek.co.uk/call-for-loc...
Call for education partnerships to fill MAT 'policy vacuum'
Local groups of schools are 'providing the missing link' in a 'fragmented' system
schoolsweek.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
All those partnerships that were in place, and destroyed by the academy model and the intense competition the Tory government promoted…
Turns out it was a good thing after all.
Who knew?!
bsky.app/profile/scho...
Turns out it was a good thing after all.
Who knew?!
bsky.app/profile/scho...
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New: School’s £300,000 legal bills revealed through freedom of information response
educationuncovered.co.uk/news/schools...
Pensby High School, on the Wirral, has paid the money to two firms, including in cases against parents and a former staff member.
educationuncovered.co.uk/news/schools...
Pensby High School, on the Wirral, has paid the money to two firms, including in cases against parents and a former staff member.
Education Uncovered | News| School’s £300,000 legal bills revealed through freedom of information response
Pensby High School, on the Wirral, has paid the money in legal battles, including against parents and a former staff member.<br>
educationuncovered.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 10:59 AM
New: School’s £300,000 legal bills revealed through freedom of information response
educationuncovered.co.uk/news/schools...
Pensby High School, on the Wirral, has paid the money to two firms, including in cases against parents and a former staff member.
educationuncovered.co.uk/news/schools...
Pensby High School, on the Wirral, has paid the money to two firms, including in cases against parents and a former staff member.
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Bossy headline from The Times letting Farage insist his “Hitler was right” racism was just ‘banter’.
If that were true, his politics now would be different and he’d apologise. He’s defensive because this is what he is and always has been and he’s angry with us for knowing that and for minding.
If that were true, his politics now would be different and he’d apologise. He’s defensive because this is what he is and always has been and he’s angry with us for knowing that and for minding.
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Bossy headline from The Times letting Farage insist his “Hitler was right” racism was just ‘banter’.
If that were true, his politics now would be different and he’d apologise. He’s defensive because this is what he is and always has been and he’s angry with us for knowing that and for minding.
If that were true, his politics now would be different and he’d apologise. He’s defensive because this is what he is and always has been and he’s angry with us for knowing that and for minding.
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Someone really needs to explain the Striesand Effect to the BBC. And also tell them to stop being so pathetic.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Someone really needs to explain the Striesand Effect to the BBC. And also tell them to stop being so pathetic.
Such an interesting blog- I have been fascinated by the change in references in the Curriculum and Assessment Review final paper. I think might be really significant, but it doesn’t seem to have been noticed.
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/2025/11/...
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/2025/11/...
Is it time to drop the terminology of ‘powerful knowledge’ in talking about the school curriculum?
How will the idea that the curriculum should be rich in knowledge and based on powerful knowledge shape curriculum policy?
blogs.ucl.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Such an interesting blog- I have been fascinated by the change in references in the Curriculum and Assessment Review final paper. I think might be really significant, but it doesn’t seem to have been noticed.
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/2025/11/...
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/2025/11/...
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'Banter' has always very obviously been a synonym for excusing bigotry of one kind or another. Interestingly I don't think I've ever heard a woman using that word.
Bossy headline from The Times letting Farage insist his “Hitler was right” racism was just ‘banter’.
If that were true, his politics now would be different and he’d apologise. He’s defensive because this is what he is and always has been and he’s angry with us for knowing that and for minding.
If that were true, his politics now would be different and he’d apologise. He’s defensive because this is what he is and always has been and he’s angry with us for knowing that and for minding.
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
'Banter' has always very obviously been a synonym for excusing bigotry of one kind or another. Interestingly I don't think I've ever heard a woman using that word.
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Make sure communication is at the heart of your classroom before next year’s curriculum changes with Talk Boost. Our programmes can transform children’s progress in just eight to ten weeks.
Learn more and get it for your setting today👉 https://bit.ly/3LCETEt
Learn more and get it for your setting today👉 https://bit.ly/3LCETEt
November 25, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Make sure communication is at the heart of your classroom before next year’s curriculum changes with Talk Boost. Our programmes can transform children’s progress in just eight to ten weeks.
Learn more and get it for your setting today👉 https://bit.ly/3LCETEt
Learn more and get it for your setting today👉 https://bit.ly/3LCETEt
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On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women - and on every day - we all need to shout out against this abomination
Latest UN Femicide statistics show that last year 50,000 women and girls- 137 EVERY DAY - are killed by someone known to them, usually a male partner, or close male relative. For so many women being at home is an utterly terrifying experience.
Femicides in 2024: share.google/mv3FktspmdNy...
Femicides in 2024: share.google/mv3FktspmdNy...
Femicides in 2024: Global estimates of intimate partner/family member femicides
This report presents new global estimates of gender-related killings. Around 50,000 women and girls were killed by intimate partners or family members in 2024—about 60 per cent of all female homicides...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:06 AM
On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women - and on every day - we all need to shout out against this abomination
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Just the good, friendly, morale-boosting kind of racism.
“I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way”
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Just the good, friendly, morale-boosting kind of racism.
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There's just one week to go until our webinar about engaging reluctant readers through shared reading at Key Stage 3!
Join us as we chat to author @athenakugblenu.bsky.social, teacher Dónall Ó Dochartaigh & @sla.org.uk Secondary School Librarian of the Year Julie Broadbent 👇
https://bit.ly/49BiVvF
Join us as we chat to author @athenakugblenu.bsky.social, teacher Dónall Ó Dochartaigh & @sla.org.uk Secondary School Librarian of the Year Julie Broadbent 👇
https://bit.ly/49BiVvF
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
There's just one week to go until our webinar about engaging reluctant readers through shared reading at Key Stage 3!
Join us as we chat to author @athenakugblenu.bsky.social, teacher Dónall Ó Dochartaigh & @sla.org.uk Secondary School Librarian of the Year Julie Broadbent 👇
https://bit.ly/49BiVvF
Join us as we chat to author @athenakugblenu.bsky.social, teacher Dónall Ó Dochartaigh & @sla.org.uk Secondary School Librarian of the Year Julie Broadbent 👇
https://bit.ly/49BiVvF
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Our response to the Curriculum and Assessment Review is available to read from today. @thecockerill.bsky.social our Director, participated in a webinar with @aqaeducation.bsky.social this afternoon — a valuable discussion and lots of insights from the panellists!
November 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Our response to the Curriculum and Assessment Review is available to read from today. @thecockerill.bsky.social our Director, participated in a webinar with @aqaeducation.bsky.social this afternoon — a valuable discussion and lots of insights from the panellists!
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EPI is searching for our next CEO 📣
Are you an experienced leader with a passion for education and social justice? Help EPI make the case for better outcomes by continuing to deliver world-class research and influence policy at the highest levels.
Find out more: epi.org.uk/jobs/chief-e...
Are you an experienced leader with a passion for education and social justice? Help EPI make the case for better outcomes by continuing to deliver world-class research and influence policy at the highest levels.
Find out more: epi.org.uk/jobs/chief-e...
November 25, 2025 at 9:47 AM
EPI is searching for our next CEO 📣
Are you an experienced leader with a passion for education and social justice? Help EPI make the case for better outcomes by continuing to deliver world-class research and influence policy at the highest levels.
Find out more: epi.org.uk/jobs/chief-e...
Are you an experienced leader with a passion for education and social justice? Help EPI make the case for better outcomes by continuing to deliver world-class research and influence policy at the highest levels.
Find out more: epi.org.uk/jobs/chief-e...
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Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
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He probably still thinks he’s going to get away with it. After all, ‘Lord’ Gove said even worse as a university student *and* it was recorded it on tape. He then took his vile ideas through into the National Curriculum. How can anyone vote for them?
Educating ‘dirty northerners’ and ‘fettered foreigners’ in Gove’s curriculum of ‘hard facts’
Recordings of Gove making derogatory comments, raise questions about his values and the curriculum that he instilled in England’s schools
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
He probably still thinks he’s going to get away with it. After all, ‘Lord’ Gove said even worse as a university student *and* it was recorded it on tape. He then took his vile ideas through into the National Curriculum. How can anyone vote for them?
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Some positive news.
In tonight's group for families of young people with DLD it was wonderful hearing reports of secondary teachers who were having positive impacts on students with #DevLangDis. Maths teachers in particular!
In tonight's group for families of young people with DLD it was wonderful hearing reports of secondary teachers who were having positive impacts on students with #DevLangDis. Maths teachers in particular!
November 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Some positive news.
In tonight's group for families of young people with DLD it was wonderful hearing reports of secondary teachers who were having positive impacts on students with #DevLangDis. Maths teachers in particular!
In tonight's group for families of young people with DLD it was wonderful hearing reports of secondary teachers who were having positive impacts on students with #DevLangDis. Maths teachers in particular!
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Thank you to the two primary headteachers from Glasgow City Council who presented their narratives around #Ethical #Leadership and how they used ethical theories to support their leadership decisions and actions. @uofgheadship.bsky.social @alisonjmitchell.bsky.social @seralisen.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Thank you to the two primary headteachers from Glasgow City Council who presented their narratives around #Ethical #Leadership and how they used ethical theories to support their leadership decisions and actions. @uofgheadship.bsky.social @alisonjmitchell.bsky.social @seralisen.bsky.social
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The @oecd-ocde.bsky.social has published the #Education for #Human #Flourishing report. A must read for all concerned about the purposes of education and schooling in our complex world.
@uofgheadship.bsky.social @seraethics.bsky.social @centcs.bsky.social
www.oecd.org/content/dam/...
@uofgheadship.bsky.social @seraethics.bsky.social @centcs.bsky.social
www.oecd.org/content/dam/...
www.oecd.org
November 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The @oecd-ocde.bsky.social has published the #Education for #Human #Flourishing report. A must read for all concerned about the purposes of education and schooling in our complex world.
@uofgheadship.bsky.social @seraethics.bsky.social @centcs.bsky.social
www.oecd.org/content/dam/...
@uofgheadship.bsky.social @seraethics.bsky.social @centcs.bsky.social
www.oecd.org/content/dam/...
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Complex times call for courageous conversations.Still time to register for our webinar focusing on educating for peace & justice.This time hear from @markrpriestley.bsky.social about #CurricularJustice & learn about some new resources we have developed to help teachers in having such conversations.
Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1884591677...
November 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Complex times call for courageous conversations.Still time to register for our webinar focusing on educating for peace & justice.This time hear from @markrpriestley.bsky.social about #CurricularJustice & learn about some new resources we have developed to help teachers in having such conversations.
This looks good… perhaps the DFE could do something similar (and let them get on with it, rather than meddle).
The top down approach isn’t working.
bsky.app/profile/alis...
The top down approach isn’t working.
bsky.app/profile/alis...
School Leaders: Find out more about Scotland’s new Centre for Teaching Excellence (CfTE) and how you can signpost teachers to access CfTE’s resources and opportunities.
Thursday 4th December 16:00 – 17:00
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@uofgheadship.bsky.social @margery25.bsky.social
Thursday 4th December 16:00 – 17:00
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@uofgheadship.bsky.social @margery25.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
This looks good… perhaps the DFE could do something similar (and let them get on with it, rather than meddle).
The top down approach isn’t working.
bsky.app/profile/alis...
The top down approach isn’t working.
bsky.app/profile/alis...
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School Leaders: Find out more about Scotland’s new Centre for Teaching Excellence (CfTE) and how you can signpost teachers to access CfTE’s resources and opportunities.
Thursday 4th December 16:00 – 17:00
forms.cloud.microsoft/e/QnGWr3n72d
@uofgheadship.bsky.social @margery25.bsky.social
Thursday 4th December 16:00 – 17:00
forms.cloud.microsoft/e/QnGWr3n72d
@uofgheadship.bsky.social @margery25.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
School Leaders: Find out more about Scotland’s new Centre for Teaching Excellence (CfTE) and how you can signpost teachers to access CfTE’s resources and opportunities.
Thursday 4th December 16:00 – 17:00
forms.cloud.microsoft/e/QnGWr3n72d
@uofgheadship.bsky.social @margery25.bsky.social
Thursday 4th December 16:00 – 17:00
forms.cloud.microsoft/e/QnGWr3n72d
@uofgheadship.bsky.social @margery25.bsky.social
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Non-insulting racism alert.
“I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way”
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Non-insulting racism alert.
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When I asked Nigel Farage's spokesman last week, he flatly denied that his boss had ever racially abused anyone.
Now Farage is only saying he never did so in a "hurtful way".
Does he think there's a non-hurtful way to racially abuse someone?
Now Farage is only saying he never did so in a "hurtful way".
Does he think there's a non-hurtful way to racially abuse someone?
November 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
When I asked Nigel Farage's spokesman last week, he flatly denied that his boss had ever racially abused anyone.
Now Farage is only saying he never did so in a "hurtful way".
Does he think there's a non-hurtful way to racially abuse someone?
Now Farage is only saying he never did so in a "hurtful way".
Does he think there's a non-hurtful way to racially abuse someone?