I added my name to ask for unconditional humanitarian access into and within Gaza, and a ceasefire in the West Bank with @DOTW_UK. 💙 Please take a minute to do the same.

@BarbaraBleiman I remember being very surprised when taking an English exam (in an ancient university) by a fill in the blanks section to associate authors' names with their works, historical period and so on. This kind of external knowledge was so NOT what an education in English was about.

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What does the future hold if we allow the government to restrict our right to protest?. Together we can demand the government's new anti-protest laws are scrapped. Sign the @AmnestyUK petition today:

Our NHS is not for sale. Trade talks with Trump must not open the door to US healthcare companies profiting from our NHS. Keir Starmer must protect our NHS by keeping it off the table during negotiations. Agree? Add your name to 38 Degrees’ petition:

RT @PeterStefanovi2: If UK news shows are going to give Nigel Farage a platform to spout this absolute boll**** about Brexit & the vaccine…

Trump moves to ‘purge’ the FBI & end independent law enforcement in the US.

What is the future of a subject journal at the present time? What matters? My editorial in the early spring issue of English in Education: @NATEfeed

@Positivteacha Try NATE resources, e.g. IllumiNATE.

@BarbaraBleiman Carification: the conversation wasn’t on X

Over 21 million votes cast in 2024 were ignored or wasted. After the most disproportionate election ever, there is a crucial parliamentary debate on 30th Jan on changing the voting system. Write to demand your MP attend and support fair votes:

@BarbaraBleiman Jane was quietly supportive when I began working with the NATE Post-16 committee. I remember discussing with her a draft paper on assessment: her suggestion to resurrect the Idea of ‘fitness for purpose’ was exactly right.

RT @BarbaraBleiman: You may want to see this. Please do share widely. @LondonLATE @NATEfeed @gabrielsnapper @CarolAtherton8 @bristoljohn @j…

@rsoltysek2024 We know that learning isn’t a delivery of knowledge into an insert brain. If knowledge means anything to the learner, they process it according to their previous knowledge & experience. This is why good classroom talk is so important, so learners can develop their ideas.

Ian Hislop first rate on Elon Musk: "He's a Classic Social Media Adolescent”.. via @YouTube

RT @RealJakeBroe: If you want to know the truth about Elon Musk, British journalist Ian Hislop nails him. I refuse to entertain anyone's d…

@CarolynRuane @MichaelRosenYes ‘Teachers as Writers’ do good work too. The answer to your question of course is that authority doesn’t want too many children (or teachers) to be expressive. Back in the late 18c, Hannah More approved of children learning to read but not to write ….

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