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Dr. Charlotte Wright
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Teacher of English/ITE/MA Education, post grad researcher, interested in how English teachers theorise what we do, and defiant kids.
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The Curriculum and Assessment Review is now out. I have thoughts… read my first set of ramblings here…

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How well does the Curriculum Review navigate breadth, depth and balance?
This is the first instalment in my blog series about the 2025 Curriculum and Assessment Review. You can find the other entries HERE .  In this blog I am looking at how the review has interpreted the.....
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November 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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🎞️ Fancy writing a linguist's film review for Babel?
📧 Get in touch at babelthelanguagemagazine@gmail.com
Write a linguist's film review for Babel
October 28, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Just flagging this up. 29th September at 4pm. Link below @LitdriveUK

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September 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Just a few days left to get your ticket to the very best #historyteacher summer event! Glastonbury is done but history teacher Glastonbury is about to begin.
danlyndon.bsky.social Dan Lyndon-Cohen @danlyndon.bsky.social · Jun 30
Last few days to buy your ticket for the epic #SHP25 as the box office closes on Friday! 40 wonderful workshops, 3 kicking keynotes, fabulous fringe sessions (including OFSTED's Tim Jenner) and enthusiastic exhibitors all raring to go! Tickets available here store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata...
July 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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We're delighted to say that physical copies of EMC 25-26 are now in schools! For a complete roundup of everything we do at EMC, you can access this helpful resource online by clicking the following link:
englishandmedia.co.uk/media/6740/e...
June 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Don’t miss out on #SHP25. Such a brilliant line up. Inspirational ways to move your history teaching on, support pupils with their GCSE and A Levels, make connections with history teachers across the UK and generally have a great time doing it!
1972shp.bsky.social Schools History Project - SHP @1972shp.bsky.social · Jun 2
Join us for #SHP25 for a whole host of ways to push on your teaching at GCSE and A Level. From ways to make content more accessible & harnessing stories, to progression models for the long term. PLUS meet the exam board and loads more!

#historyteacher

www.schoolshistoryproject.co.uk/summerconf/
June 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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We're so sorry to hear of the death of Aidan Chambers. Not only did he write wonderful YA novels, he also gave us one of the great books on reading with young people - Tell Me: Children Reading + Talk uk.bookshop.org/p/books/tell...
Tell Me (children, Reading & Talk) with the Reading Environment a book by Aidan Chambers.
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May 13, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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NEW BLOG: Making writers sexy and appealing - Part 1 (author's intent)

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#engchat #engchatuk
Stevenson's intent Dickens' intent Shakespeare's intent Priestley's intent
May 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Your Pope name is: Last thing you ate + number of letters in your first name. POPE GINGER IV.
May 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Our third meeting of the year takes place Monday at 7.30. @LitdriveUK

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April 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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am giving a talk at Goldsmith's on the 21 May on collaborating with teachers to design futures of linguistic justice in schools, it'll be fun and it's free 💜

www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...
a picture of ian and the text 'Designing futures of linguistic justice'
April 10, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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Fascinating parallels between English and History in concerns about the normalising of mastery as the only valid approach in education across all subject areas. Well worth a read, whatever your subject
March 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Today's Diverse Educators blog is by Mohamed Abdallah

To Belong Is Not Enough: Why We Must Move Towards Mattering

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To Belong Is Not Enough: Why We Must Move Towards Mattering | Diverse Educators
It is not enough to simply belong; you should also matter.
www.diverseeducators.co.uk
March 17, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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NEW BLOG: Spelling and word fluency

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Spelling and word fluency
I have experience of working with students of all levels, but one of the biggest issues I find with writing fluency is not often related t...
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March 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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i am going to oxford on the 12 may to give a public seminar about Ofsted, race, and linguistic in/justice 💕 registration is free and open to all www.education.ox.ac.uk/upcoming-eve...
March 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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i was so honoured to be asked to contribute to the 10 years of the BERA blog series .. here i write about longstanding and contemporary efforts to dismantle language ideologies as part of broader struggles for linguistic justice www.bera.ac.uk?p=56193
Blog post Part of series: 10 years of the BERA Blog Documenting and dismantling language ideologies in education Ian Cushing, Senior Lecturer in Critical Applied Linguistics at Manchester Metropolitan University 3 Mar 2025 Picture of Ian
March 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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99p on Kindle today.

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March 1, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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One month to go until the 8 year olds and me take on the Swimathon. Would really appreciate people sharing our sponsorship page #edusky #swimathon @cancerresearchuk.org @mariecurieuk.bsky.social

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We are swimming for Cancer Research UK, Marie Curie
So this March, my daughter (8), her friend (8) and I (don’t ask) are taking part in Swimathon 2025 to raise money for Cancer Research UK, Marie Curie & Swimathon Foundation. We will be jointly swimmin...
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February 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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iancushing.bsky.social
in a couple of projects i have collaborated with the artist wendy wong to visualise linguistic stigmatisation in schools and efforts to resist such stigmatisation. a core aim is for teachers to use the images as prompts for discussion in classrooms, so please use and share! a few of the images ↓
a large white hand squashes a speech bubble coming out the mouth of a young boy with brown skin
February 19, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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Basically, Ofsted has just created an enormous APP grid. What could possibly go wrong?
February 3, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Listen to the first episode of 'Sitting in the Chair' on Spotify. Find out about the reality of headship from Mark Tilling in Hartlepool - this series is going to be amazing and illuminating.

RT welcome!
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Series 1, Episode 1: Mark Tilling in Hartlepool
Sitting in the Chair · Episode
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January 21, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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englishassociation.bsky.social
#TeamEnglish #EduSky Free event online today 16.45-17.30 ! ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
January 21, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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READING RECOMMENDATIONS TERM 2: This term's version of reading recommendations. Follow the link and click to download. Includes:
@kmlarwood
@kwamealexander
Katya Balen
@MrEagletonIan

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January 3, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Lit in Colour: research, engagement & impact to date (21 Jan 2025, 16:45 – 17:30)
Join this FREE online session for a deep dive into the Lit in Colour 2021 & 2024 research, look at other free resources, & discussion. #TeamEnglish #EduSky #Teaching #Resources
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Lit in Colour: research, engagement and impact to date (21 January 2025, 16:45 - 17:30) | The English Association
We support the teaching, learning, and enjoyment of English at all levels of education, from early years to further and higher education and beyond.
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December 19, 2024 at 3:23 PM
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The Shakespeare Starter Pack
#Shakespeare: texts, performances, appropriations, interpretations, reception, history, casting, woke, queer, social justice, genius.
#drama #theatre #literature #TeamEnglish
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December 6, 2024 at 10:20 AM