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Laura McInerney

@missmc.bsky.social

Co-Founder of TeacherTapp, daily poll of 12k teachers. Former editor of Schools Week & Guardian columnist. Once a teacher, always a teacher. SAY: Laura 'Mack & Ernie' (like there's 3 of us!)

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Just been listening to this on radio, apparently there’s different systems: some genuinely are on a 24-hour buying lag, up to a 14-day lag.

04.03.2026 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I am so bemused by this situation. They must know!

03.03.2026 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Have you written something on it? Would be a good one for education press.

02.03.2026 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For standard LLMs I’d expect teachers to be in opt out as standard due to gdpr. I don’t know how assessment ones work but I would have thought there’d be contractual provisions to cover it but maybe not. Keep asking!

02.03.2026 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

It may be different when you teach 30 kids a week. At 150+ (or 500+ some of my teaching years), the time could have been much more fruitfully spent looking at answer response data and planning more specific lessons.

02.03.2026 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It could be if there was less marking. But as you noted, if marking is mainly not done in class, it’s not taking anyone away from spending time with children - as noted in your first post?
(Lots of companies have training opt outs).

02.03.2026 18:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

There’s a whole extracurricular aspiration in the white paper - if there were less marking, more time could go to that. Or even just back to teachers to have hobbies or spend with their families.

02.03.2026 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Couldn’t AI marking release time that could be spent with children?

02.03.2026 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Also, I’m pretty sure the school didn’t allow any flags. That was in the instruction for the day.

02.03.2026 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Teacher Tappers write in all the time with questions they would like in the app, and our MOST requested question topic is parents!

You're the experts.
What would you like to see us delve into? πŸ€”

27.02.2026 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You think Rayner’s never had to fight for anything?

27.02.2026 08:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Green Party wins Gorton and Denton by-election with Labour pushed into third by Reform Hannah Spencer, a 34-year-old plumber, also becomes the first Green Party candidate to win a Westminster by-election.

Setting party politics aside, Hannah Spencer was just an outstanding candidate.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp...

27.02.2026 07:47 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

The thing Polanski gets, above anything else, is narrative. In many ways he’s an Alistair Campbell more than a Blair.

27.02.2026 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

An under-estimated aspect of elections is matching the right candidate to the fight. It’s one reason why, for many years, I wouldn’t have said Rayner was right for PM. Against Farage types? An actual working class northern person is a good shout.
(No not you, Andy. Shhh).

27.02.2026 08:04 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

They’ll put him in a safe seat next time, alas.

27.02.2026 06:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Do we start to get Green defections now? πŸ€”

27.02.2026 06:38 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

If people who dislike paying their fair share of tax or believe Britain is a dystopic hellscape move to Dubai, and Americans who don't take either view move here, that seems...quite good?

26.02.2026 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Cameron Diaz!

26.02.2026 06:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They’re so gorgeous!

25.02.2026 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ah here’s a link to the IFS podcast where he defends it in depth

bsky.app/profile/nick...

25.02.2026 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

@nickhillmanuk.bsky.social has been all over radio shows defending it. Worth listening to if you can find one

25.02.2026 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This post is the single best advert for the fact that proper local journalism matters.
If Jim’s team hadn’t put the pieces together quickly, this wouldn’t have been stopped.

24.02.2026 10:44 β€” πŸ‘ 681    πŸ” 266    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4
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Schools white paper: The key schools and academies policies Fair banding transparency, a crackdown on off-rolling and calls for all schools to be in trusts

πŸ“ A crackdown on off-rolling pupils, a call for standalone schools to join or form MATs and changes to the admissions code are among major plans unveiled in today's schools white paper

Read more for all the key proposals πŸ”½
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/schools-white-paper-the-key-schools-policies/

24.02.2026 06:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

There are easy read documents available, both of the white paper and the consultation

assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/699c91...

consult.education.gov.uk/send-strateg...

And shorter skim read documents

www.gov.uk/government/p...

24.02.2026 07:22 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Every child achieving and thriving and SEND consultation supporting information A series of documents setting out the key information and proposed reforms in the schools white paper and SEND consultation document for parents and those working in the sector.

There are easy read documents available, both of the white paper and the consultation

assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/699c91...

consult.education.gov.uk/send-strateg...

And shorter skim read documents

www.gov.uk/government/p...

24.02.2026 07:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The Labour Party have done a lot of mad things in this Parliament.
But I could kiss them every time I come into Euston and the screens don’t make me feel ill.

23.02.2026 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My hunch is they think this is a good one to put in because it’s a direction of travel anyway and it’s relatively easy not to purposely cause more meat eating.

23.02.2026 18:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think even that’s pushing it.

β€œWon’t do anything that directly hampers this aim” is really the line.

23.02.2026 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In reality:
Legally binding commitment = try

23.02.2026 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Actually, undermine is the wrong word. Confuse maybe. Ultimately nothing in that first message is incompatible with some people not having support when young.
As it was education you can also
imagine teachers get a lot of mentions too!

23.02.2026 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0