This by the excellent @jburnmurdoch.ft.com confirms my view that political trends are being driven by the halting of the upward economic conveyor belt - striking charts: www.ft.com/content/30a4... Welcome to the age of zero-sum politics

One of the side projects I've been involved in over the last few years is the Centre for Education Systems - doing big comparative reviews of 14 systems around the world.

We've now published our first three reports on curriculum, accountability and SEND.

www.ces.partners/copy-of-latest

I started teaching just after 7/7 in a mainly Muslim school.

At the time, Islamaphobia was running high.

I remember asking a Yr8 girl how it affected her and the nonchalantly delivered answer still chills:

“*shrugs* We get spat on more now, I guess”

MORE. That’s what racism does. To young girls.

Reading this and trying to take in the full enormity of what is happening. The scale of it. open.substack.com/pub/christin...

Supporting kids with Send is expensive. But the cost of not doing so is far greater | Carrie Grant

AAn NEU teachers’ survey shows 97% teachers say workload is a barrier to improving schools’ SEND-inclusion, plus large classes & lack of staff, resources & external support services.
None of this will be improved by current government plans. neu.org.uk/press-releases/st...

Average person will be 40% poorer if world warms by 4°C

A new study published in Environmental Research Letters has revealed the potential economic impacts of climate change.

iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Monday was the anniversary of the greatest disaster ever to take place on London’s tube

Let's be clear: the idea that breakfast clubs would adequately mitigate the impact of the two-child limit is absolute bollocks.

The average household hit by the two-child limit loses out on roughly £3,800 a year. They're not currently spending that on coco pops.

goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/we-need-to... This is a magnificent tirade - about time someone tore apart Vance’s ridiculous but sinister speech

We’ve been watching Wolf Hall, a fascinating study of how the fragile male ego of a fickle, greedy despot creates a culture of deep cruelty and mistrust, where everyone lives in fear of saying the wrong thing. Thank goodness we’ve moved on from those times.

#SaveThePCC

Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.

For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;

you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...

Compelling evidence from @zoejardiniere.bsky.social. Thank you 🙏

A beautiful read