@markjones214.bsky.social
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Alfie Kohn’s takedown of Cognitive Load Theory has 37 footnotes. I read them all so you don’t have to.
open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...
open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...
Cognitive load, conceptual fog: when ideology masquerades as evidence
Alfie Kohn’s critique of explicit instruction and Cognitive Load Theory reveals more about his educational philosophy than about how learning actually works
open.substack.com
July 10, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Alfie Kohn’s takedown of Cognitive Load Theory has 37 footnotes. I read them all so you don’t have to.
open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...
open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...
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Have you noticed a change in your child?
If your child is neurodivergent & struggling, they may be experiencing burnout. If the change was sudden & may be following an illness it is also worth considering PANS/PANDAS there's many overlaps.
Find out more: panspandasuk.org
If your child is neurodivergent & struggling, they may be experiencing burnout. If the change was sudden & may be following an illness it is also worth considering PANS/PANDAS there's many overlaps.
Find out more: panspandasuk.org
March 17, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Have you noticed a change in your child?
If your child is neurodivergent & struggling, they may be experiencing burnout. If the change was sudden & may be following an illness it is also worth considering PANS/PANDAS there's many overlaps.
Find out more: panspandasuk.org
If your child is neurodivergent & struggling, they may be experiencing burnout. If the change was sudden & may be following an illness it is also worth considering PANS/PANDAS there's many overlaps.
Find out more: panspandasuk.org
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Journalists are trying to understand Trump’s irrational behavior, and are generally unwilling to consider the possibility that it's not some grand strategy, but a madman with increasingly diminished mental faculties.
There Is No Method to Trump’s Madness. He’s Simply Insane.
His defenders try to apply reason to his erratic, nonsensical decisions. That’s a fool’s errand—but fools abound in this administration.
newrepublic.com
March 22, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Journalists are trying to understand Trump’s irrational behavior, and are generally unwilling to consider the possibility that it's not some grand strategy, but a madman with increasingly diminished mental faculties.
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Great stuff from @timleunig.bsky.social on why OFSTED must think again about its report cards.
"A rompingly good read" <<< I will take that, thank you. Do judge for yourself by reading my @schoolsweek.bsky.social column - schoolsweek.co.uk/can-ofsted-l...
March 17, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Great stuff from @timleunig.bsky.social on why OFSTED must think again about its report cards.
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A great blog by @emergentdivergence.com following on from the new DFE campaign about school readiness and attendance and the awful impact this has for Autistic, neurodivergent and disabled children
emergentdivergence.com/2025/03/16/n...
emergentdivergence.com/2025/03/16/n...
New UK Government Education Hub Now Overtly Discriminates Against Neurodivergent Children - Emergent Divergence
On March 12th, 2025 the Department for Education launched it's new Education Hub. It is immediately clear from the accompanying social media posts that this new endeavour seeks to enact overt oppressi...
emergentdivergence.com
March 16, 2025 at 8:09 AM
A great blog by @emergentdivergence.com following on from the new DFE campaign about school readiness and attendance and the awful impact this has for Autistic, neurodivergent and disabled children
emergentdivergence.com/2025/03/16/n...
emergentdivergence.com/2025/03/16/n...
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Well said, @tomrees.bsky.social speaking at @ascl-uk.bsky.social #ASCL2025: "I would like to see a world where we can retire the label of SEND".
Dead right. It's about giving the dignity of achievement to all young people: schoolsweek.co.uk/id-like-to-s...
Dead right. It's about giving the dignity of achievement to all young people: schoolsweek.co.uk/id-like-to-s...
'I'd like to see SEND label retired' says inclusion tsar
Tom Rees also spoke of problems with the current 'medicalised model' of SEND support
schoolsweek.co.uk
March 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Well said, @tomrees.bsky.social speaking at @ascl-uk.bsky.social #ASCL2025: "I would like to see a world where we can retire the label of SEND".
Dead right. It's about giving the dignity of achievement to all young people: schoolsweek.co.uk/id-like-to-s...
Dead right. It's about giving the dignity of achievement to all young people: schoolsweek.co.uk/id-like-to-s...