Tenebris NoxIncreasingly worried about my son's secondary school. Not only have they told us that they don't mark books in favour of other methods of in-class "feedback" but they've now told all parents that there will be no support for dyslexic children above what classroom teachers provide in lessons. They announce this saying what they do is in line with EEF guidance.
Mathrubhumi EnglishAn 8-year-old Hindu student was reportedly forced to change schools in London after facing discrimination for wearing a Tilak. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/hinduphobia-in-uk-classroom-8-year-old-forced-to-leave-london-school-for-applying-tilak-sub7al36?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ReligiousFreedom #HinduRights #UKSchools #EqualityAct #Tilak
Hambone Fakenamington3rd day of no service at all!
#UKSchools #Bromcom #CloudServices #CloudComputing #UKEducation #ITSupport
I’ve been following the latest moves to shorten UK school summer holidays with interest. Even the unions have jumped on the bandwagon of calling for shorter summer holidays.
UK already among the western countries that have the SHORTEST summer holidays (about 42 days). Others have: Canada 56-70, Finland 70, Spain 70-84, Sweden 63-70, USA 70-84.
Children need MORE play time not less. UK tops international charts of children’s unhappiness and dislike of school.
At the same time one of my son’s schools is asking for donations of books and Pritt Sticks because they are hard up, the Harris Federation boss Sir Dan Moynihan’s has a salary that exceeds £500K (the CEO of my son’s MAT earns £300k).
Absolute scandal.
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/moynihan-becomes-first-500k-academy-ceo/
Reminded once again that the education of children is a "long game" and certainly not achieved through quick fixes and "interventions".
As far as I can see there’s been no independent verification that standards (of children’s achievement/attainment) have improved over last 30+ years in UK - and a great deal to suggest going people leave school being less literate, less knowledgeable and less prepared for life. The “standards have improved” declarations by Tories and Labour are just not proven. What have improved are the MASSIVE salaries of CEOs of academies and the size and cost of bureaucracy. #uk #ukeducation #ukschools
Tree Hugger 🌳 🌍 💙 🇬🇧BBC News - 'We don't just teach - we clothe the kids, feed them and brush their teeth'
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr7e09471lyo
This makes me so sad. How can this be happening in a supposedly rich country like the UK?
Will Berard@edutooters
And in much of the English-Speaking world, the neoliberal, decentralised model means the purchase decisions are done at the school, worse the department, or at most the district/trust, level.
Those are entities with much less bargaining power than, say, States.
And they're staffed by overworked people seeking clearly costable "solutions", prone to fall for silver-bullet marketing hype.
#EdTech #Schools #PublicSchools #StateSchools #UKSchools #Teachers
Girl about villageGood - presenteeism culture in schools needs to die #UKSchools #Academies #Education https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/oct/12/uk-academies-very-sorry-for-policies-saying-pupils-must-attend-when-unwell