Bernard Andrews
@bernardandrews.bsky.social
I think this is really good. Great article.
EHCPs have been blamed for driving an unsustainable rise in SEND. But would limiting these actually fix the problem, asks @mmulholland.bsky.social
Are EHCPs really driving the SEND crisis?
Education, health and care plans have been blamed for an unsustainable rise in special educational needs in schools, but would scrapping or limiting these plans fix the problem?
www.tes.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I think this is really good. Great article.
Reposted by Bernard Andrews
EHCPs have been blamed for driving an unsustainable rise in SEND. But would limiting these actually fix the problem, asks @mmulholland.bsky.social
Are EHCPs really driving the SEND crisis?
Education, health and care plans have been blamed for an unsustainable rise in special educational needs in schools, but would scrapping or limiting these plans fix the problem?
www.tes.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:35 AM
EHCPs have been blamed for driving an unsustainable rise in SEND. But would limiting these actually fix the problem, asks @mmulholland.bsky.social
Reposted by Bernard Andrews
Sunday & 2 links added to this searchable & translatable collection of links to #freeaccess #edu content👇🏻
saraslistofedresources.wordpress.com
Thanks to Marcus Larsson & Bernard Andrews❣️
Forward if among your contacts!
Spread!- site is meant to be used…
Have a restful day!
saraslistofedresources.wordpress.com
Thanks to Marcus Larsson & Bernard Andrews❣️
Forward if among your contacts!
Spread!- site is meant to be used…
Have a restful day!
November 23, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Reposted by Bernard Andrews
The house paradox: houses are both costly and valued
November 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The house paradox: houses are both costly and valued
Worst "paradox" ever...
November 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Worst "paradox" ever...
Reposted by Bernard Andrews
So sad... the world has fallen to grifters.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:51 AM
So sad... the world has fallen to grifters.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Reposted by Bernard Andrews
Ah the 1970s.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Ah the 1970s.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
Reposted by Bernard Andrews
Reposted by Bernard Andrews
November 13, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Reposted by Bernard Andrews
Fascinating.
November 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Fascinating.
Reposted by Bernard Andrews
Reposted by Bernard Andrews
If racism has no place in his party, then Nigel Farage should prove it by withdrawing the whip from Sarah Pochin immediately.
October 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
If racism has no place in his party, then Nigel Farage should prove it by withdrawing the whip from Sarah Pochin immediately.
Reposted by Bernard Andrews
Clarifying our SEND concepts is a prerequisite for achieving any kind of justice:
open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...
open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...
SEND and Conceptual Clarity
A survey of part of the conceptual landscape of SEND
open.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Clarifying our SEND concepts is a prerequisite for achieving any kind of justice:
open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...
open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...
Reposted by Bernard Andrews
7 sources of SEND conceptual confusions:
1. are SEND diagnoses concrete or abstract?
2. what's a "need'?
3. confusions re. The meaning of "cannot"
4. are explanations of SEND causal or not?
5. statistical norms and SEND
6. criteria and causes
7. SEND and emotions.
open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...
1. are SEND diagnoses concrete or abstract?
2. what's a "need'?
3. confusions re. The meaning of "cannot"
4. are explanations of SEND causal or not?
5. statistical norms and SEND
6. criteria and causes
7. SEND and emotions.
open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...
SEND and Conceptual Clarity
A survey of part of the conceptual landscape of SEND
open.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
7 sources of SEND conceptual confusions:
1. are SEND diagnoses concrete or abstract?
2. what's a "need'?
3. confusions re. The meaning of "cannot"
4. are explanations of SEND causal or not?
5. statistical norms and SEND
6. criteria and causes
7. SEND and emotions.
open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...
1. are SEND diagnoses concrete or abstract?
2. what's a "need'?
3. confusions re. The meaning of "cannot"
4. are explanations of SEND causal or not?
5. statistical norms and SEND
6. criteria and causes
7. SEND and emotions.
open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...
7 sources of SEND conceptual confusions:
1. are SEND diagnoses concrete or abstract?
2. what's a "need'?
3. confusions re. The meaning of "cannot"
4. are explanations of SEND causal or not?
5. statistical norms and SEND
6. criteria and causes
7. SEND and emotions.
open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...
1. are SEND diagnoses concrete or abstract?
2. what's a "need'?
3. confusions re. The meaning of "cannot"
4. are explanations of SEND causal or not?
5. statistical norms and SEND
6. criteria and causes
7. SEND and emotions.
open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...
SEND and Conceptual Clarity
A survey of part of the conceptual landscape of SEND
open.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
7 sources of SEND conceptual confusions:
1. are SEND diagnoses concrete or abstract?
2. what's a "need'?
3. confusions re. The meaning of "cannot"
4. are explanations of SEND causal or not?
5. statistical norms and SEND
6. criteria and causes
7. SEND and emotions.
open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...
1. are SEND diagnoses concrete or abstract?
2. what's a "need'?
3. confusions re. The meaning of "cannot"
4. are explanations of SEND causal or not?
5. statistical norms and SEND
6. criteria and causes
7. SEND and emotions.
open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...
Clarifying our SEND concepts is a prerequisite for achieving any kind of justice:
open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...
open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...
SEND and Conceptual Clarity
A survey of part of the conceptual landscape of SEND
open.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Clarifying our SEND concepts is a prerequisite for achieving any kind of justice:
open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...
open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...
Reposted by Bernard Andrews
A very long post (5,500) that uses my criticisms of Sami Timimi's 'Searching for Normal' as a catalyst for producing 8 priorities for a great SEND system.
open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...
open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...
8 priorities for a decent SEND system
In this very long post, I use my criticisms of Sami Timimi’s Searching for Normal as a catalyst for critiquing our approach to SEND.
open.substack.com
October 18, 2025 at 8:14 AM
A very long post (5,500) that uses my criticisms of Sami Timimi's 'Searching for Normal' as a catalyst for producing 8 priorities for a great SEND system.
open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...
open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...
A very long post (5,500) that uses my criticisms of Sami Timimi's 'Searching for Normal' as a catalyst for producing 8 priorities for a great SEND system.
open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...
open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...
8 priorities for a decent SEND system
In this very long post, I use my criticisms of Sami Timimi’s Searching for Normal as a catalyst for critiquing our approach to SEND.
open.substack.com
October 18, 2025 at 8:14 AM
A very long post (5,500) that uses my criticisms of Sami Timimi's 'Searching for Normal' as a catalyst for producing 8 priorities for a great SEND system.
open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...
open.substack.com/pub/bernarda...
Reposted by Bernard Andrews
"This is not an argument against people having needs; it’s an argument against the idea that the categories we use will help us to understand what those needs are... There’s no shortcut to looking at each individual person," says Sami Timimi.
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
Sami Timimi: Why ‘invented’ SEND labels are disabling pupils
Diagnostic labels are medicalising young people for behaviours once considered ordinary and are contributing to unsustainable workload in schools, argues psychiatrist Sami Timimi
www.tes.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:40 AM
"This is not an argument against people having needs; it’s an argument against the idea that the categories we use will help us to understand what those needs are... There’s no shortcut to looking at each individual person," says Sami Timimi.
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
Didn't you write a philosophy paper about just this issue, @csandis.bsky.social ?
It reminds me a lot of a joke I saw Paul McCartney tell once
Paul McCartney tells a great joke. 🤣
YouTube video by Danny Hustle
youtu.be
October 13, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Didn't you write a philosophy paper about just this issue, @csandis.bsky.social ?
may be of interest: @profbeckyallen.bsky.social
How we confuse two different meanings of 'typical' and why it is crucial for SEND discussions.
(or why correlation is not characterisation)
(or why correlation is not characterisation)
October 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
may be of interest: @profbeckyallen.bsky.social
How we confuse two different meanings of 'typical' and why it is crucial for SEND discussions.
(or why correlation is not characterisation)
(or why correlation is not characterisation)
October 11, 2025 at 9:12 AM
How we confuse two different meanings of 'typical' and why it is crucial for SEND discussions.
(or why correlation is not characterisation)
(or why correlation is not characterisation)
Reposted by Bernard Andrews
What is an idea?
We tend to overcomplicate the idea of an ‘idea’. If asked, ‘what is an idea?’, people often answer with reference to something ‘inside our heads’ or in terms of ‘a thought’, and so on. But I think that the field of education would benefit if we demystified the notion somewhat.
We tend to overcomplicate the idea of an ‘idea’. If asked, ‘what is an idea?’, people often answer with reference to something ‘inside our heads’ or in terms of ‘a thought’, and so on. But I think that the field of education would benefit if we demystified the notion somewhat.
October 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
What is an idea?
We tend to overcomplicate the idea of an ‘idea’. If asked, ‘what is an idea?’, people often answer with reference to something ‘inside our heads’ or in terms of ‘a thought’, and so on. But I think that the field of education would benefit if we demystified the notion somewhat.
We tend to overcomplicate the idea of an ‘idea’. If asked, ‘what is an idea?’, people often answer with reference to something ‘inside our heads’ or in terms of ‘a thought’, and so on. But I think that the field of education would benefit if we demystified the notion somewhat.
Reposted by Bernard Andrews
Just as a ruler is wood, plastic, or metal structured in particular ways, an idea is a set of sounds, words, gestures, images (etc.) structured in particular ways. The genius of language is that we managed to create tools using nothing more than the noises and marks that we make.
October 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Just as a ruler is wood, plastic, or metal structured in particular ways, an idea is a set of sounds, words, gestures, images (etc.) structured in particular ways. The genius of language is that we managed to create tools using nothing more than the noises and marks that we make.