Pam Jarvis

@drpam.bsky.social

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#FBPE, Author, Journalist, Chartered Psychologist, Associate Fellow British Psychological Society, Historian, Educator. ‘On Time’ News and Fiction writing blog at:
https://ontimesorg.wordpress.com/

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Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · Oct 25

It’s 2033; climate change is progressing and world leaders are still arguing. 19 year old Dylan and his generation engage in angry, desperate, illegal protest. Their future looks grim… until a mysterious time traveller makes Dylan an intriguing offer. @yorkshirebylines.co.uk @bylinesnetwork.co.uk

Past time for eco: what net zero is, and why we need it

A novelist imagines a near-future world that fails to meet net zero, exploring climate collapse, loss and hope through future generations

yorkshirebylines.co.uk

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 1h

Or, if people want to take the populist MAGA/RFK approach to research, they can just go on arguing on social media that they’re right and all the researchers are wrong. And watch the rational world disintegrating.

Ofsted ignores Enlightenment’s lessons about the importance of research and expertise

Ofsted opposes standard research protocols and instead cherry picks scientific data to fit with a political agenda

yorkshirebylines.co.uk

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 1h

For summaries of what we know so far about teenage brain development, see

Understanding the Teen Brain

Parents need to realize the rational part of a teen's brain isn't fully developed and won't be until they are 25 years old or so.

www.stanfordchildrens.org

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 1h

This is evidenced by the biology and psychology of child development. It’s a pity that some who have never studied this at any level seem to think they know better than those with academic qualifications in the area. For some excellent multimedia practitioner resources see this website.

Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University

Our mission is to leverage the power of science in pursuit of better, more equitable outcomes for young children facing adversity.

developingchild.harvard.edu

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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 1h

Also there have been some very high profile cases of people in MATs getting charged with profiting from their charity. Just because they're set up as non profits doesn't mean you don't get any profiteering I'm afraid.

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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 1h

In a sense it kind of leans towards that model or you wouldn't see executive salaries way above the national teacher payscale and you wouldn't have excessive reserves being held (which they're definitely not meant to as charities). share.google/NMU3HFf82jWj...

Education Uncovered | News| The academy chains sitting on £1 billion of reserves

Some 63 academy trusts collectively held £1 billion in 2023-24, DfE data shows, with the 10 with the highest levels of reserves sitting on a third of a billion between them.

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Jenny M @abbyaug.bsky.social · 1h

Children doing badly are supposed to not understand that and put in 100% effort. They don’t all jump through the same hoops at the same time. Easier to be the class clown and say it is all rubbish than admit you don’t understand.

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Jenny M @abbyaug.bsky.social · 1h

If they learned through play they would be learning to cooperate, problem solve and follow instructions. They wouldn’t feel a failure at 4 years. I can see that if you have failed for 6 years you give up - especially when the exam system is set up for failure.

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Jenny M @abbyaug.bsky.social · 1h

The right number would be none! It certainly shouldn’t be more than 10. The answer is to see why children are unhappy and disruptive and do something about it early on. Personally I would start with the early years - don’t do formal education until at least 6 years.

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 2h

Take out the salaries of the super CEOs &there’s little money to spend on this, unfortunately. I’d like clean water, but once we’ve paid the water company CEOs, there’s little left to spend on that, either. Here’s a some research on MATs. These’s not a lot, as few research grants. Can’t think why 🤔

Education MATters: exploring England’s state school industry

Conservatives claim the academisation of schools as one of their greatest achievements. But do the figures stack up?

yorkshirebylines.co.uk

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 2h

Thatcher’s people. Never mind the quality feel the width. Or in the words of Harry Enfield ‘loads of money! Look at my wad.’

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 2h

Not by nature it isn't. Why would it be. Efficiency depends on the system & the people. Do you think altruistic people are inherently less good at their job?
From all our experience of privatised industries (water, Royal Mail etc) the privatised versions give poorer service at a higher cost

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 3h

Exactly

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 3h

Rationalise the area over how many schools (or population of pupils) can be in a MAT and the area over which they can extend. There would have to be some shuffling around. Human beings evolved in small communities, children especially need this. Bronfronbrenner’s circles.

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 3h

Not all MATs are profiteers. But the temptation is there, and is too great for some. As such, for the benefit of all children, we need to change the system. It’s part of a much bigger Thatcherite privatisation culture, which includes the NHS, social care and utilities.

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Jenny M @abbyaug.bsky.social · 3h

We need a system where every child matters - not a question of them fitting the system or having to look elsewhere or having to home educate. Every parent would put the happiness of their child at school before results (there are probably a few exceptions which is very sad for those children).

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LeftPeggers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇵🇸 @leftpeggers.bsky.social · 3h

There’s enough evidence ‘in the wild’ which shows clearly how utterly terrible privatisation is for essential services. We don’t need to relearn that lesson…

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 3h

The evidence…

School exclusions hit new record highs

Commenting on today’s Government release of the latest school exclusions and suspension data – Spring term 2023/24 – Beth Prescott, Education Lead at the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), said: Susie…

www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 3h

They spend too long with the ‘products’ finding out if they’re OK rather than pushing them through the system at the lowest possible cost and the highest possible profit margin. The ones that can’t be ‘fixed’ within the system as it is environment are dropped discreetly on the way.

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 3h

This.

ditchster.bsky.social @ditchster.bsky.social · 7h

Hmmm….we don’t need privatisation to do that though do we ? Schools can work effectively in federations without the need for CEO’s/academies. Effective managers/HT’s are key. Of course the salary should reflect the responsibilities. Would you choose to work in a different sector if you earnt more ?

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 3h

This.

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 3h

Yes, I think the last people I heard put that argument forward were Michelle Mone and her husband.

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 3h

Exactly.

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 3h

Yes. And the cost to children caught in ruthless MAT internal politics goes way beyond anything that can be calculated on a spreadsheet.

Ghosting children: policy for children and families in Britain, 2010–2022

Some 100,000 ‘ghost’ children have disappeared from school since the end of lockdown. But how and why were they ‘ghosted’?

yorkshirebylines.co.uk

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 3h

You wouldn’t have to dismantle them. You could change the mode of operation to locally constructed boards and put individual HTs in charge of their own schools again. MATs would then become collegiate collaborations serving local communities rather than hierarchical businesses.

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 4h

I suspect your MAT is not one of the ones I am criticising. I didn’t mention teachers or trustees in terms of salaries. I referred to CEOs and business managers. And said clearly that I wasn’t talking about *all* MATs but the ones where the temptation to profiteer has not been resisted.

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 4h

As I said many years ago, you can’t educate children holistically in the system that was created to sell products like biscuits and soap powder. The biscuits and soap powder don’t matter in themselves, only the amount the vendor can make from them. Children are the only future we have, so…

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 4h

And honestly, if you include a profit something else will have to give. Either the customers or employees will be getting a worse deal.
The efficiency argument only works if you assume the only people can be efficient are those motivated by profit.
Are altruistic people inefficient by definition?

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ditchster.bsky.social @ditchster.bsky.social · 7h

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Jenny M @abbyaug.bsky.social · 7h

What a defeatist attitude! We can’t find the right people so let’s have someone who puts their own pocket first!

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Parkin and Tea @parkinandtea.bsky.social · 8h

But what is worse is that many are also fobbed off or painted as the family not fitting into the system as the problem.

How can you expect anyone with that experience behind them to trust an educational institution will listen to them and deliver support again?
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