David Jackson
@bluesandstuff
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Care about schools, new models of schooling and ALL learners succeeding. It's a belief thing. Support schools and leaders of schools. Walk dogs.
Northampton, England
Joined August 2009
So exasperated by lack of a coherent vision for the UK education system that I have written a blog post: https://t.co/cXLfJSapyk Will it make any difference? No. Do I feel any better? Not really. But it feels better than not writing one.
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Why the strange title? The answer is simple. We have an education system that is so out of date in multiple ways that it is screaming out for visionary reform, but it is being managed in a piecemea…
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Government: Manager or visionary for our school system?
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Why the strange title? The answer is simple. We have an education system that is so out of date in multiple ways that it is screaming out for visionary reform, but it is being managed in a piecemea…
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THE OFSTED REVIEW HAS BEEN ASKING THE WRONG QUESTION!
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IntroductionThe Headteachers’ Union is planning legal action over the Ofsted review, claiming it will make things worse. Ofsted has around 1,800 employees plus more than 2,000 contracted Insp…
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A reflection: some things we know about school-to-school collaboration:
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Introduction The Networked Learning Communities (NLC) programme is a distant memory. It ran between September 2002 and 2006 in the days when there were middle tier organisations like the GTC, BECTA…
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Transformative Learning - what it means in practice. A visit to London Interdisciplinary School was a prompt for thought about the mutuality of learning.
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Preamble This post could be seen as being about Project-Based Learning and why it should be a no-brainer for any education system aspiring to make learning more relevant to the world; to engage all…
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Great article, Gemma. Trust, relationships and communication liberate the discretionary collegiate effort that makes schools great for young people. (My comment is a bit jargony. Your post is much less so!)
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A reflection on Multi-Academy Trusts - edited after feedback!
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Does it change anything to write a blog post? I doubt it. But not writing one certainly won’t make much difference either, so here goes. Of all the regressive educational policies of the last…
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Salutary thoughts about Multi-Academy Trusts https://t.co/jbPmu9sZ3N We have a new government. Surely this is one of the policies in need of radical reimagining.
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Does it change anything to write a blog post? I doubt it. But not writing one certainly won’t make much difference either, so here goes. Of all the regressive educational policies of the last…
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Our schooling system - causes rather than symptoms need to be addressed
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Introduction We have a new Labour government and they really do want to do good things. We have a new Secretary of State for Education and Bridget Phillipson wants to make a positive difference. So…
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New summative judgements are welcome, but there are far greater problems with Ofsted:
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Our schooling system - causes rather than symptoms need to be addressed
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Introduction We have a new Labour government and they really do want to do good things. We have a new Secretary of State for Education and Bridget Phillipson wants to make a positive difference. So…
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New summative judgements are welcome, but there are far greater problems with Ofsted:
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Exam results day. Ten reasons why this ritual makes no sense:
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Congratulations to all those students who this year have achieved the grades they need for the next stage of their lives – and commiserations to all those who haven’t. Exam days and res…
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Reminded today (when two close relatives have successfully navigated the rapids) of this piece written on A-level results day in 2023: https://t.co/mCeVDUDJgq. What chance radical reform of the assessment system?
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Congratulations to all those students who this year have achieved the grades they need for the next stage of their lives – and commiserations to all those who haven’t. Exam days and res…
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