Daniel Kebede
@DanielKebedeNEU
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Teacher. General Secretary of the National Education Union. The largest Education Union in Europe. @EduInt Executive Member. https://t.co/FKs5z5cgk8
Newcastle
Joined October 2014
Today has filled me both with indignation and inspiration simultaneously. Indignation, because I witnessed the worst of 14 years of Conservative failure and the real consequences of cancelling the building of schools for the future. But inspiration, because I met the most
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Poverty harms all children. Poverty is the biggest barrier to learning. Removing the two-child benefit cap is a no brainer.
Hey, @Keir_Starmer you said ‘my ministers will leave no stone unturned to give every child the best start at life’. ❗️Scrapping the two-child limit in Universal Credit would lift 670,000 people out of severe hardship. THIS is a stone you need to turn over.
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AI could support learning if rolled out with the profession, not over it. But neoliberal “efficiency” means education on the cheap—eroding teacher status & quality education alike. Austerity governments + AI is a big risk. Tech should serve education, not strip it bare.
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RT @JamesMoreton: @DanielKebedeNEU its already bad enough having standardised lessons in comprehensives which only serve to nulify individu….
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The issue is CLASS. This focus from @bphillipsonMP.misses the scale of the problem. In 🇬🇧 poverty is the biggest barrier to learning. The gap starts before school and grows. 1/By age 3, children from poorer homes are already ~1 year behind in language and communication skills.
We’ve spent our first year fixing the foundations in our schools: turning the tide on attendance & teacher recruitment. Now I’m turning to the thorny, generational issues of our time, like driving up educational outcomes for white working class children.
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Teaching isn’t just transferring knowledge—it’s a deeply human, relational experience built on trust, presence, and shared space. Screens flatten connection. The Covid experience was bad for learning, bar for kids. We will NEVER accept the imposition of a virtual teacher.
Maths pupils at a Lancashire school are set to be taught by a 'virtual' teacher 300 miles away. A qualified teacher will also be present in the classroom, but the National Education Union says its members are willing to go on strike over plans. Can remote teaching really work?
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RT @SRTRC_England: #SRtRCSpotlight: How can teachers actively challenge racism in schools? . @LeedsBeckett trainee teachers worked with us….
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Such an important demonstration today. Our members care deeply about children around the world, and the children of Gaza are starving. We need sanctions on Israel now!
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RT @jonnybid: I'm repeating my online 'Building a Classroom Reading Culture' session on Monday 11th August at 10:00am. There's no fixed pri….
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RT @BBCr4today: "It was absolutely total devastation.". Howard Kakita was less than a mile from where the US dropped an atomic bomb on the….
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RT @UnofficialOA: About to start your #ECT year? . In this episode we explore 5 mistakes made by new teachers (and how to avoid them). #e….
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The (Un)official Teacher's Manual · Episode
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Labour shortages are everywhere:.🔧 Construction.🏥 Health & social care.🍽️ Hospitality. 727,000 vacancies (Apr–Jun 2025). Yet we act like we don’t need those who made it to 🇬🇧—crossing continents with little more than the clothes on their back.
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RT @resfoundation: Following sharp rises in food inflation in 2023, food insecurity in the UK has soared. The proportion of children livi….
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AI is creeping into classrooms. It could deskill us—turn our role into one of technicians serving algorithms, not children. But it could also free us to do what matters: build relationships, inspire minds and focus on what makes us human. We can't stop AI, and it does provide.
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RT @MrBoothY6: You can't move an inch in most schools without banging into an Allan Ahlberg book - and for good reason. What a witty, imagi….
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The Jolly Postman, a master piece.
Goodbye Allan. You were a pioneer of great children's literature, both in picture books and poetry. You were clever, funny and wise. My children loved your books. So did and so DO I.
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RT @BMAResidents: “There do not have to be any strikes. Streeting can solve this dispute.” . @ERunswickBMA speaks to @BBCBreakfast this mor….
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Ofsted inspectors have slammed the watchdog’s requirement for more than six days of training ahead of new inspection “report cards” rolling out this November. Unrealistic, damaging & unsustainable. 🏫💥. 🚨 #OfstedMustGO.
schoolsweek.co.uk
'We are expected to do all this training in our own time, unpaid'
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