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Loic Menzies @loicmnzs.bsky.social · 28d

Fascinating piece, looking beyond correlations and delving into some of the potential causal mechanisms at play

Dan Willingham @dtwuva.bsky.social · 29d

Have student's attention spans been decimated by digital technologies? In @educationnext.bsky.social I look at the data and conclude that's not the problem. www.educationnext.org/pay-attentio...

Pay Attention, Kid!

Has the use of digital technology impaired students’ ability to focus?

www.educationnext.org

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Loic Menzies @loicmnzs.bsky.social · 28d

So much going on in this excerpt from Blunkett’s diaries: alliances & coalitions; strategic narratives; negotiation & trade-offs; the influence of personal experience on powerful actors; policy windows/multiple streams; &, the sheer frustration of “drilling through the hard boards”

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Loic Menzies @loicmnzs.bsky.social · Aug 28

INSET season is just round the corner - so @teachertapp.bsky.social are spotlighting this handy research @profbeckyallen.bsky.social, Iain Ford and I worked on to provide some hard evidence on what’s going on with CPD… teachertapp.com/uk/publicati...

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Loic Menzies @loicmnzs.bsky.social · Aug 27

Given all the talk of SEND reform in England at moment, I’m delighted to be the PI on this newly funded @centreedusyst.bsky.social work in partnership with
@ioe.bsky.social, supported by @nuffieldfoundation.org. Fascinating to learn about other countries’ approaches + the genesis of their reforms

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Loic Menzies @loicmnzs.bsky.social · Aug 5

How can politicians make the case for educational equity in an age of populism?
Just stumbled across this blog - written nearly 5 years ago. Still feels very relevant.
Featuring @jonathansimons.bsky.social and others...
cfey.org/2020/12/gene...

Generating political will for educational equity: When it’s all true. But it’s not all the truth.

Trump defeated, Dom Cummings in retreat from Downing Street – box in hand and tail between legs. It’s almost as if the wind has gone from the billowing sails of populism. Only time will tell whether N...

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Loic Menzies @loicmnzs.bsky.social · Jul 31

It’s Kenneth Baker’s memoirs -“The Turbulent Years”

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Loic Menzies @loicmnzs.bsky.social · Jul 31

Amazing anecdote about the Pope interceding in the debate on grant maintained schools in the 1980s

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Loic Menzies @loicmnzs.bsky.social · Jul 17

These two know where we keep the mealworms…

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Loic Menzies @loicmnzs.bsky.social · Jun 25

Absolute honour to chair this panel of superstars @royalsociety.org yesterday, including @duncanastle.bsky.social & @tamsinford.bsky.social

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Loic Menzies @loicmnzs.bsky.social · Jun 25

Massive pleasure to visit Melbourn VC last week.
Highlights included chatting to a pupil about the “reasonable” & “fair” way consistent behaviour expectations & sanctions had been brought in &hearing Head Rachel’s skyhigh ambitions for future. Congrats to all www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-n...

Behaviour improves rapidly at Cambridgeshire school since negative Ofsted report

Three out of four categories assessed were still rated 'requires improvement'

www.cambridge-news.co.uk

Loic Menzies @loicmnzs.bsky.social · Jun 16

Finally sent the last chapter of my book to the editor his morning. Here lie the remains of a frenzied search for a conclusion.

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Tom Richmond @tom-richmond.com · Jun 13

In my latest podcast, @loicmnzs.bsky.social explained why his new @ippr.org / @ambitioninstitute.bsky.social report (co-authored with Marie Hamer) aims to expand and improve the training available to teachers and leaders.

Listen to the full episode here:
insideyoured.com

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Loic Menzies @loicmnzs.bsky.social · Jun 12

2/2…however, inspection should be for all ‘responsible bodies, not just MATs & shld focus on how well the body supports its schools…
as proposed in Improvement through Empowerment ippr-org.files.svdcdn.com/production/D...
@ippr.org

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Loic Menzies @loicmnzs.bsky.social · Jun 12

1/2 Spending review includes money for ofsted to introduce MAT inspection. Ofsted might not be the most popular place to spend money so fair play to them for biting the bullet on this….

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Richard Selfridge @richardselfridge.bsky.social · Jun 5

Excellent food for thought on the latest ED:SK podcast with @tom-richmond.com‬, @loicmnzs.bsky.social & @avneem.bsky.social

Do we need to rethink how we train teachers and leaders in schools?

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

Do we need to rethink how we train teachers and leaders in schools?

Podcast Episode · Inside Your Ed · 06/04/2025 · 31m

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Loic Menzies @loicmnzs.bsky.social · Jun 6

In Who's Losing Learning we pointed to modelling by EPI suggesting that reversing real terms cuts to pupil premium & introducing this persistent disadvantage premium would cost £640m a year - less than the expected saving of £750m a year from falling pupil numbers in schools

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Loic Menzies @loicmnzs.bsky.social · Jun 6

Could this in today's @schoolsweek.bsky.social be hinting at something like the persistent disadvantage premium - as recommended by @edupolicyinst.bsky.social and @ippr.org / @thedifferenceed.bsky.social?

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Loic Menzies @loicmnzs.bsky.social · May 28

“The idea that the child limit has achieved totemic status among potential Lab-Reform switchers in the Red Wall is for the birds”
>> time to end the two child cap. Well said @eddorrell.bsky.social for @labourlist.bsky.social
labourlist.org/2025/05/two-...

'Ignore stereotypes. Reform-leaning Labour voters dislike the two-child cap' - LabourList

Labour voters of all persuasions, from progressives in Brighton to those in Reform’s sights in Teesside, are ready to back an end to the two-child benefit cap. The decision can’t come quickly enough.

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Sean Harris FCCT @thatpovertyguy.bsky.social · May 6

💡 New report from @ippr.bsky.social @ambitioninstitute.bsky.social on developing professional development at scale for better retention (& tackling inequalities)

Useful report @loicmnzs.bsky.social & Marie Hamer!

#CPD #Schools #Teachers #Education #Ambition #DfE

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Loic Menzies @loicmnzs.bsky.social · May 7

In light of my recent @ippr.bsky.social @ambitioninstitute.bsky.social report 'A System that Empowers' it's great to see this new, free CPD Leadership Reflection Tool, from @teacherdevtrust.bsky.social tdtrust.org

Home - Teacher Development Trust

Helping leaders build stronger schools through effective professional development CPD means more than INSET days or short-term solutions. It’s an essential ongoing strategy that supports and improves ...

tdtrust.org

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Loic Menzies @loicmnzs.bsky.social · May 2

If @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social’s vision was ‘decent standards for most’, she could pursue the same strategy governments have opted for over the past couple of decades: clear expectations, tight oversight and firm intervention
- but it’s not.
So what should she do?
schoolsweek.co.uk/labour-must-...

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Nick Pointer @nickpointer.bsky.social · Apr 30

This an important read 👇 Bold yet balanced pushes to challenge government to lead this work, with a real emphasis on a) increasing the choice schools have in PD providers, but also b) emphasising the role of capacity building for schools and trusts to develop their own, well-contextualised PD offer.

Loic Menzies @loicmnzs.bsky.social · Apr 30

Across the OECD teachers participate in 62 hrs of professional devlpmnt a year on average but the median in England is only 21-30. England shouldn't just keep pace with these benchmarks it should lead the way
Here's how: www.ippr.org/articles/a-s...
@ippr.bsky.social @ambitioninstitute.bsky.social

A system that empowers: The future of professional development | IPPR

We need to keep improving education standards, and tackle inequalities in achievement, both for pupils from low-income families and for children with speci

www.ippr.org

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Loic Menzies @loicmnzs.bsky.social · Apr 30

Thank you! Glad you like. Agree that golden thread will necessarily be provided by a smaller number of providers but I do think having a thriving ecosystem of other providers for other forms of PD is important to allow for choice, strong local networks & a healthy pipeline of providers (&innovation)

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Loic Menzies @loicmnzs.bsky.social · Apr 30

Across the OECD teachers participate in 62 hrs of professional devlpmnt a year on average but the median in England is only 21-30. England shouldn't just keep pace with these benchmarks it should lead the way
Here's how: www.ippr.org/articles/a-s...
@ippr.bsky.social @ambitioninstitute.bsky.social

A system that empowers: The future of professional development | IPPR

We need to keep improving education standards, and tackle inequalities in achievement, both for pupils from low-income families and for children with speci

www.ippr.org

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Loic Menzies @loicmnzs.bsky.social · Apr 30

New findings from a natural experiment in Pakistan suggest that 4-8yr olds found it easier to pick up literacy outside of school, than social & emotional skills. Paper by Nadia Siddiqui et al. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

(PDF) Does school matter for children's cognitive and non‐cognitive learning? Findings from a natural experiment in Pakistan and India

PDF | This paper reports on the findings of a natural experiment based on a sample of 1123 children aged 4–8 from the provinces of Punjab in Pakistan,... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...

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