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This absolutely hits the nail on the head.
Not everything that counts can be counted.
Not everything that can be counted, counts.
✍️ Resisting the tyranny of the measurable

How metrics and numbers have come to rule our lives, and what we lose sight of in the process

By Mike Chitty

@mikechitty.bsky.social
Resisting the tyranny of the measurable
How metrics and numbers have come to rule our lives, and what we lose sight of in the pro-cess
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
July 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Thinking of Dawn whenever HE gets mentioned.
July 11, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Daniel Kebede, NEU general secretary told Laura Kuenssberg that austerity is ended in deeds, not words. Despite government promises, schools are being told to make 1% efficiency savings this year to cover a partially funded pay award. Austerity has not ended in our classrooms.
July 9, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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New: Behaviour management policies, with big implications for children, need to be subject to rigorous evaluation
educationuncovered.co.uk/analysis/beh...
Think piece prompted by case I reported on last week of Ark Alexandra Academy, in Hastings, East Sussex.
Education Uncovered |Analysis|Behaviour management policies, with big implications for children, need to be subject to rigorous evaluation
Do "sweat the small stuff" behaviour policies actually work, in the long run, for pupils? The fact that we seem to lack a firm, detailed evidential base for policies which have big impacts on pupils i...
educationuncovered.co.uk
June 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Exclusive, I think: Three children, who spent nearly 1,000 hours in “isolation” in single academic year, at centre of legal challenge vs multi-academy trust
educationuncovered.co.uk/news/three-c...
Gorse Academies Trust has faced judicial review hearing on implementation of its behaviour policy.
Education Uncovered |News|Three children, who spent nearly 1,000 hours in “isolation” in single academic year, at centre of legal challenge against multi-academy trust
Gorse Academy Trust's isolation policy under detailed scrutiny during judicial review hearing in Leeds.
educationuncovered.co.uk
June 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
@ecrmaths.bsky.social Saw this and thought of you.
Today’s poem celebrates Fibonacci Day. It’s called ‘Word Crunching’.
November 23, 2024 at 6:14 PM