Mark Goodrich

I thought it would be of particular interest to teachers!

But doesn’t everyone here also regard Musk as weird and creepy so a perfect match?!

Single vaccine could protect against all coughs, colds and flus, researchers say A Stanford University team have tested their nasal spray vaccine in animals but still need to do human clinical trials.

I just picked up this story and I don’t think it’s had anywhere near the coverage it deserves so….

Potentially an absolute game-changer. Imagine if we had had this at the outset of COVID.

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Sure but even if I had no choice, I would still read the Ofsted, go on a school visit and do other things to find out about the school. It might be that I have been in Asia too long….

I can well understand how you feel like that. Just to be clear, my post wasn’t intended to say that all was good with Ofsted….just to express my surprise that 80% of parents weren’t reading the reports.

Not at all. Genuinely one of my favourite middle-grade books!

Yes - it was the boxout that really blew my mind! However, I think the fight for “these data” over “this data” is a lost cause….

This is great app if you want to keep track of your reading (and it does a lot more too!).

Might be wrong about this but I don’t think most people are doing much reading on social media….

I think the data on horses and their ancestors in fossils is accurate. I am not sure about the way it is suggesting that the data be presented.

But if you look at politicians’ comments on them, they are usually based on “giving information to parents”. Seems a big disconnect.

That was my thought as well but I wanted to post on here to get some other views! 🙏

I am certainly not convinced the new ones are any more useful for parents but I perhaps query why we are stressing if only 20% are reading them anyway. (I don’t think 80% are not reading them because they have decided in advance that they wouldn’t be useful).

This does depend a lot on location. Choice is realistic in London and other dense metropolitan areas and not at all in rural areas. My point is that is really that I would still read the Ofsted report even if I had no real choice…

Data on fossilised horses over time in table. The task is to put the data into a bar chart.

Hi #EduSky science and indeed maths teachers! I am interested in your views on this which I saw in a school textbook for Y6. #MathsToday #ScienceToday

Yes - given that most parents apparently don’t read the Ofsted report, something simple arguably has merit.

Sure but even if there was no choice, I would still read the Ofsted report, just like I would still visit the school if they offered…. I may have been in Asia too long.

I would still read it even if there we no other options. I might have been in Asia too long….

Yeah - I think it could be an “inside” view that you look at everything and then decide on something practical. However, I did look at everything before I was a teacher as well….

Referring specifically to the comment above mine about “it’s got a good Ofsted”. I have certainly heard parents say that and similar.

This doesn’t sound like a reliable way of getting better information to me…

I am beginning to think I have spent too long in Asia!

Well, very much depends on the area. Usually lots of choice in London. Also, even if there was no real choice, *I would still read the Ofsted report.*

Yep. It was always a really useful resource but I looked at the update a week or two ago and it looks phenomenal.

Also, if anyone knows Craig Barton, please ask him to come on here. The #MathsToday crowd are very active and it seems weird he isn’t here.

I mean this is a very logical dilemma but this is surely a classic case where you *should* read the report so you can ask the new head about it and what’s changed.

Well, I certainly don’t think they are designed to cause an increase…..

Yeah - I think that’s accurate. People perhaps aren’t avoiding it as much as relying on second-hand information about it.

Not disagreeing with that at all but I’d still read the Ofsted report as well!

I was sure that was true before reading this and now even more sure it’s true. Still surprised that 80% aren’t even reading Ofsted, though!

Well, yes, I am surprised! All those things are true and they would factor into my decision-making but also, I would still read the Ofsted report….