Proposed post-16 policy options include looking again at maths & English, improving employment links in schools and colleges, and specific funding to reflect the multifaceted challenges faced by learners in general FE

Also the room was INCREDIBLE! Just look at those murals 😍

Thank you Tom! Your insight was so valuable.

Lastly - given my usual wheelhouse is policy evaluation - if you'd like some quantitative evidence about the impact of the policy and the difficult position that teachers were put in, check out my paper (with @rabe-b.bsky.social & Laura Fumagalli) here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... 💛

The wider book explores the ethical dilemmas teachers face daily. Such discussions are vital, given the hundreds of decisions educators make, often balancing individual students' needs against their peers'. Yet, ed-ethics remains sidelined in our training. This project provides tools to change that.

Called "a real-life prisoner’s dilemma" by @samfr.bsky.social. The starting point of @sammywright.bsky.social’s critique of our obsession with grades. Here's my take, enriched by a transcribed discussion with the incomparable @dylanwiliam.bsky.social, @tom-richmond.com, Diana Beech and Josiah Isles.