Dr. Charlotte Wright

It’s absolutely vile. I’m contacting our MP.

Oh my word. Hoping your start of next term is October at this rate!

Loving this thread, although it’s costing me a fortune…
Top 5 non-fiction suggestions (eclectic!):
Pinochet in Piccadilly, Andy Beckett
People of Providence, Tony Parker
Thunderclap, Laura Cumming
I Seek a Kind Person, Julian Borger
Leaving Kabul, Christina Lamb

Just a few days left to get your ticket to the very best #historyteacher summer event! Glastonbury is done but history teacher Glastonbury is about to begin.

Looks fantastic.

We're delighted to say that physical copies of EMC 25-26 are now in schools! For a complete roundup of everything we do at EMC, you can access this helpful resource online by clicking the following link:
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Don’t miss out on #SHP25. Such a brilliant line up. Inspirational ways to move your history teaching on, support pupils with their GCSE and A Levels, make connections with history teachers across the UK and generally have a great time doing it!

Blimey. Avalanche those reviewers into submission!

Tell Me (children, Reading & Talk) with the Reading Environment a book by Aidan Chambers. This product has no description

We're so sorry to hear of the death of Aidan Chambers. Not only did he write wonderful YA novels, he also gave us one of the great books on reading with young people - Tell Me: Children Reading + Talk uk.bookshop.org/p/books/tell...

Stevenson's intent

Dickens' intent

Shakespeare's intent

Priestley's intent

NEW BLOG: Making writers sexy and appealing - Part 1 (author's intent)

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#engchat #engchatuk

Your Pope name is: Last thing you ate + number of letters in your first name. POPE GINGER IV.

Our third meeting of the year takes place Monday at 7.30. @LitdriveUK

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a picture of ian and the text 'Designing futures of linguistic justice'

am giving a talk at Goldsmith's on the 21 May on collaborating with teachers to design futures of linguistic justice in schools, it'll be fun and it's free 💜

www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...

Beautifully written, Alex.

Fascinating parallels between English and History in concerns about the normalising of mastery as the only valid approach in education across all subject areas. Well worth a read, whatever your subject

This is brilliant, and feels needed to forestall ‘belonging’ rhetoric covering cracks.

To Belong Is Not Enough: Why We Must Move Towards Mattering | Diverse Educators It is not enough to simply belong; you should also matter.

Today's Diverse Educators blog is by Mohamed Abdallah

To Belong Is Not Enough: Why We Must Move Towards Mattering

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#DiverseEd

NEW BLOG: Spelling and word fluency

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i am going to oxford on the 12 may to give a public seminar about Ofsted, race, and linguistic in/justice 💕 registration is free and open to all www.education.ox.ac.uk/upcoming-eve...

Blog post Part of series: 10 years of the BERA Blog Documenting and dismantling language ideologies in education Ian Cushing, Senior Lecturer in Critical Applied Linguistics at Manchester Metropolitan University 3 Mar 2025 Picture of Ian

i was so honoured to be asked to contribute to the 10 years of the BERA blog series .. here i write about longstanding and contemporary efforts to dismantle language ideologies as part of broader struggles for linguistic justice www.bera.ac.uk?p=56193

Invisible Women: the Sunday Times number one bestseller exposing the gender bias women face every day Invisible Women: the Sunday Times number one bestseller exposing the gender bias women face every day eBook : Perez, Caroline Criado: Amazon.co.uk: Books

99p on Kindle today.

Deal: Invisible Women: the Sunday Times number one bestseller exposing the gender bias women face every day amzn.eu/d/6blJuPv

We are swimming for Cancer Research UK, Marie Curie So this March, my daughter (8), her friend (8) and I (don’t ask) are taking part in Swimathon 2025 to raise money for Cancer Research UK, Marie Curie & Swimathon Foundation. We will be jointly swimmin...

One month to go until the 8 year olds and me take on the Swimathon. Would really appreciate people sharing our sponsorship page #edusky #swimathon @cancerresearchuk.org @mariecurieuk.bsky.social

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a large white hand squashes a speech bubble coming out the mouth of a young boy with brown skin

in a couple of projects i have collaborated with the artist wendy wong to visualise linguistic stigmatisation in schools and efforts to resist such stigmatisation. a core aim is for teachers to use the images as prompts for discussion in classrooms, so please use and share! a few of the images ↓

Basically, Ofsted has just created an enormous APP grid. What could possibly go wrong?

Series 1, Episode 1: Mark Tilling in Hartlepool Sitting in the Chair · Episode

Listen to the first episode of 'Sitting in the Chair' on Spotify. Find out about the reality of headship from Mark Tilling in Hartlepool - this series is going to be amazing and illuminating.

RT welcome!
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#TeamEnglish #EduSky Free event online today 16.45-17.30 ! ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

READING RECOMMENDATIONS TERM 2: This term's version of reading recommendations. Follow the link and click to download. Includes:
@kmlarwood
@kwamealexander
Katya Balen
@MrEagletonIan

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Lit in Colour: research, engagement and impact to date (21 January 2025, 16:45 - 17:30) | The English Association We support the teaching, learning, and enjoyment of English at all levels of education, from early years to further and higher education and beyond.

Lit in Colour: research, engagement & impact to date (21 Jan 2025, 16:45 – 17:30)
Join this FREE online session for a deep dive into the Lit in Colour 2021 & 2024 research, look at other free resources, & discussion. #TeamEnglish #EduSky #Teaching #Resources
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The Shakespeare Starter Pack
#Shakespeare: texts, performances, appropriations, interpretations, reception, history, casting, woke, queer, social justice, genius.
#drama #theatre #literature #TeamEnglish
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