John Rainer
@johnrainer.bsky.social
Ex teacher & university ITE course leader. Drama and arts ed. Escapee from the toxic billionaire and his fascist friends. Main mission: rid the UK education system of all traces of Gove and Gibb. Are you listening, Labour?
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Only 13 per cent of secondary teachers use Oak National Academy resources in their lesson planning, DfE survey finds - despite the tens of millions spent on it.
The vast majority are using resources they’ve created themselves.
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The vast majority are using resources they’ve created themselves.
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9 in 10 secondary teachers make their own curriculum resources
Just 13 per cent of secondary teachers use Oak National Academy resources in their lesson planning, DfE survey finds
www.tes.com
April 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Only 13 per cent of secondary teachers use Oak National Academy resources in their lesson planning, DfE survey finds - despite the tens of millions spent on it.
The vast majority are using resources they’ve created themselves.
Story by @johngroberts.bsky.social
The vast majority are using resources they’ve created themselves.
Story by @johngroberts.bsky.social
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This week's Internet winner goes to...
January 24, 2025 at 8:49 AM
This week's Internet winner goes to...
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In January 2021, during the third national lockdown, I pulled into this deserted pub car park to turn the van round and found a lamppost and a bin engaged in lively conversation while they thought no one was looking. Incredible.
January 18, 2025 at 7:47 AM
In January 2021, during the third national lockdown, I pulled into this deserted pub car park to turn the van round and found a lamppost and a bin engaged in lively conversation while they thought no one was looking. Incredible.
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Well, well, well...🙄
January 18, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Well, well, well...🙄
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Robinson describes the neo-Nazi AFD party in Germany that Musk has been promoted as “sometimes referred to as hard right” 🤦♀️
#r4today
m.jpost.com/internationa...
#r4today
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German AfD politicians meet militant neo-Nazis in Switzerland
An event near Zurich in mid-December at which two AfD politicians spoke was organized by the Swiss neo-Nazi group Junge Tat and attended by members of Blood & Honour.
m.jpost.com
January 10, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Robinson describes the neo-Nazi AFD party in Germany that Musk has been promoted as “sometimes referred to as hard right” 🤦♀️
#r4today
m.jpost.com/internationa...
#r4today
m.jpost.com/internationa...
Erasmus+ empowers students through opportunities to study, work, and grow across Europe.
Join us in bringing this programme back to the UK.
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/this_is_eras...
Join us in bringing this programme back to the UK.
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/this_is_eras...
December 12, 2024 at 10:56 AM
Erasmus+ empowers students through opportunities to study, work, and grow across Europe.
Join us in bringing this programme back to the UK.
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/this_is_eras...
Join us in bringing this programme back to the UK.
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/this_is_eras...
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Child Poverty % (children living in households below the minimum wage)
Denmark 2.4%
Finland 3.2%
Norway 3.6%
Sweden 3.6%
The UK 32.1%
All four of those countries have child benefits, paid by taxing the rich, that make it almost impossible for a child to be in poverty.
Denmark 2.4%
Finland 3.2%
Norway 3.6%
Sweden 3.6%
The UK 32.1%
All four of those countries have child benefits, paid by taxing the rich, that make it almost impossible for a child to be in poverty.
December 9, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Child Poverty % (children living in households below the minimum wage)
Denmark 2.4%
Finland 3.2%
Norway 3.6%
Sweden 3.6%
The UK 32.1%
All four of those countries have child benefits, paid by taxing the rich, that make it almost impossible for a child to be in poverty.
Denmark 2.4%
Finland 3.2%
Norway 3.6%
Sweden 3.6%
The UK 32.1%
All four of those countries have child benefits, paid by taxing the rich, that make it almost impossible for a child to be in poverty.
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Media: Please stop letting Farage off the hook for wanting to dismantle the NHS just cos it's more fun to talk about immigrants.
This is what he wants us to copy.
This is what he wants us to copy.
Blue Cross Blue Shield in Connecticut, New York and Missouri has declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia for the full length of some surgeries.
It the procedure goes over a certain time, anesthesia will not be covered for the duration.
www.asahq.org/about-asa/ne...
It the procedure goes over a certain time, anesthesia will not be covered for the duration.
www.asahq.org/about-asa/ne...
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Won’t Pay for the Complete Duration of Anesthesia for Patients’ Surgical Procedures
In an unprecedented move, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield plans representing Connecticut, New York and Missouri have unilaterally declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia care if the surgery or pro...
www.asahq.org
December 4, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Media: Please stop letting Farage off the hook for wanting to dismantle the NHS just cos it's more fun to talk about immigrants.
This is what he wants us to copy.
This is what he wants us to copy.
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To be fair if a setting has done 'warm-strict' right, they've always fostered a sense of belonging, after a fashion.
There's probably a debate about what exactly belonging means, and doesn't mean tho.
Specifically, id it conditional on fidelity to the culture of the school?
There's probably a debate about what exactly belonging means, and doesn't mean tho.
Specifically, id it conditional on fidelity to the culture of the school?
Very interesting watching this unfold, having spent years working on it cross sector and a few years researching belonging... www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
The 'belonging' converts are puzzling, but welcome
A headteacher reflects on how the former zeal for zero-tolerance approaches to behaviour is being replaced by something subtler – and better
www.tes.com
December 2, 2024 at 11:14 PM
To be fair if a setting has done 'warm-strict' right, they've always fostered a sense of belonging, after a fashion.
There's probably a debate about what exactly belonging means, and doesn't mean tho.
Specifically, id it conditional on fidelity to the culture of the school?
There's probably a debate about what exactly belonging means, and doesn't mean tho.
Specifically, id it conditional on fidelity to the culture of the school?
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Systems theory gave us:
🟢The Law of Requisite Variety.
A regulator of a system (teacher) must have as much variety of options (skills, knowledge, actions) as the variety of possibilities that emerge from the system (class).
It's the antithesis of the "silver bullet" approaches.
#EruditePedagogy
🟢The Law of Requisite Variety.
A regulator of a system (teacher) must have as much variety of options (skills, knowledge, actions) as the variety of possibilities that emerge from the system (class).
It's the antithesis of the "silver bullet" approaches.
#EruditePedagogy
November 23, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Systems theory gave us:
🟢The Law of Requisite Variety.
A regulator of a system (teacher) must have as much variety of options (skills, knowledge, actions) as the variety of possibilities that emerge from the system (class).
It's the antithesis of the "silver bullet" approaches.
#EruditePedagogy
🟢The Law of Requisite Variety.
A regulator of a system (teacher) must have as much variety of options (skills, knowledge, actions) as the variety of possibilities that emerge from the system (class).
It's the antithesis of the "silver bullet" approaches.
#EruditePedagogy
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I think @theonion.com buying Infowars with the help of the parents of the Sandy Nook victims is about the finest dish served cold I've ever seen. www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
The Onion buys conspiracy theory site Infowars with plans to make it ‘very funny, very stupid’
Satirical news outlet purchases media platform run by Alex Jones at a court-ordered auction
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2024 at 10:09 PM
I think @theonion.com buying Infowars with the help of the parents of the Sandy Nook victims is about the finest dish served cold I've ever seen. www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
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I'm increasingly convinced that we should be moving on from acquisition metaphors of learning (storage, retrieval) and towards a perceptuo-active view. What students can perceive and how they can act with (see with, think with, write with, infer with, etc) what they know.
#EnactiveCogSci #UKEd
#EnactiveCogSci #UKEd
November 10, 2024 at 10:11 AM
Did you know that MPs earning money from second jobs spoke and voted less than other MPs in parliament last year? Agree this is wrong? Join me and sign the petition to ban MPs from taking paid media jobs:
September 21, 2024 at 11:00 AM
Did you know that MPs earning money from second jobs spoke and voted less than other MPs in parliament last year? Agree this is wrong? Join me and sign the petition to ban MPs from taking paid media jobs:
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It's remarkable to see Reform voters suddenly becoming social liberals on sentencing.
August 23, 2024 at 8:25 PM
It's remarkable to see Reform voters suddenly becoming social liberals on sentencing.
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"UCL study of free schools found that despite claims of setting high standards, this was not the case. Primary free schools performed worse than a matched sample of similar schools, while secondary free schools performed no better or worse."
#edpsychs #edusky
www.theguardian.com/education/ar...
#edpsychs #edusky
www.theguardian.com/education/ar...
Gove’s free schools increase segregation and harm nearby schools, says study
Michael Gove’s policy aimed to create ‘galvanising effect’ on system in England but led to rise in divisions
www.theguardian.com
August 17, 2024 at 3:43 PM
"UCL study of free schools found that despite claims of setting high standards, this was not the case. Primary free schools performed worse than a matched sample of similar schools, while secondary free schools performed no better or worse."
#edpsychs #edusky
www.theguardian.com/education/ar...
#edpsychs #edusky
www.theguardian.com/education/ar...