And don’t forget the privately owned social care providers. Cutting off their gravy trains would certainly help the national budget. @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social

We've always had edu research but it's not really been used by people to impose methods until fairly recent times. It has been turned into a bit of a cudgel by some to push their favoured approach. But teaching isn't just a science, it's also an art and a craft. That focus will come back soon! 3/3

It's basically like a cycle of methods that spins around once every decade or so. We so often seem to lurch from one side to another. As I say to new teachers, 'know what your values are and stick to them because once every ten years people will say you were doing the right thing all along'. 2/3

Well said, Pam. I totally agree.

There’s a wealth of evidence that suggests corporate methods don’t work in education, and are particularly damaging to teenagers. Have a look at my back catalogue on Yorkshire Bylines for some summaries. Or, here’s one longer piece.

We’ve gone around this ‘if you object to zero tolerance you want anarchy’ merry go round too long. Of course children& teenagers need boundaries. But these need to be managed by caring adults. Of course they need to be separated from the main cohort sometimes. But for extra attention, not isolation.

Make the links. Streeting. Hood. MacAlister. It's pure, unadulterated cronyism. The thing that Labour pledged to eradicate. £millions wasted. No accountability. No expertise. Gongs. Safe seats. Ministerial posts. It is immoral. It stinks.

It isn’t used by many - luckily- I think NEU research says 3% of schools ? - which begs the Q “why?” (It’s poor) but those who do IME are having it thrust upon them by SLT who think the way to achieve consistency is to get everyone using the same thing.

Exactly have we deskilled teacher so much schools need to buy this? It’s like all the phonic schemes etc when L&S was free and accessible!

The problem now is that so much public I money has been pumped into it the DfE can’t ditch it.

And for the record I was never ‘on’ it.
Extremely poor resources& no willingness to listen to any advice on what needs changing (despite spending much of my unpaid time meeting people to talk about this)

I am just completely over Oak. Such a gravy train for some DFE/Gibb favourites that turned into a shocking waste of tax payers money.

>> how about this, free, advice.
Don’t use them.

I presume they meant UK office hours. But whatever, this seems a very poor attitude to dealing with others’ money, not grasping that the person on the other end is spending time worrying they’ve been scammed etc, etc. Anyway. Not worth any further attention. I won’t be using their services again!

Do you get the feeling that Dayana may be a trifle annoyed? She's clearly trying hard not to show it. I would suggest that any of the many people who see this message avoid her services. Wouldn't want to upset her. Poor dear. Obviously razzled.