Damian McBeath
@damianmcbeath
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Teacher first and foremost... All views my own
Joined August 2011
“The government has got to learn from Sure Start’s successes and be bold enough to invest in early years services now in order to reap the undoubted benefits that will come down the line.” Full comment on @TheIFS report on impact of #SureStart: https://t.co/qqXhhaZZqQ
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👀Who would be a premier-style head today with low job security and built in turnover? 👀 Not many it seems. Long serving headteachers are the bedrock of good schools and communities. We need to make it a less risky and more attractive role.
The pipeline to headship isn't strong. Just 42% of deputy and assistant heads say they’d like to become a headteacher one day.
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“We noticed that lunchtimes got a lot louder as children started talking more… we saw cards return and games like Uno” @damianmcbeath discusses banning phones at school with @Waldenkent 🎧 #teachers
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I’m going to @TTRadioOfficial’s upcoming Space. Will you join too? https://t.co/8NcuFnVzln
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Looking forward to a conversation with @Waldenkent later on Classroom Chronicals I’m going to @TTRadioOfficial’s upcoming Space. Will you join too? https://t.co/8NcuFnVzln
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📵Read @TJWA_Ashford headteacher @damianmcbeath's piece for Mumsnet on the incredible impact of his school's smartphone ban - and why the government should act now to keep smartphones out of schools. 📖 https://t.co/3ogoZiPSoj…
#RageAgainstTheScreen
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I https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds 87 87/play/live/bbc_radio_five_live?partner= https://t.co/E0OAQoH77b&origin=share-mobile
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How utterly depressing. How completely debased and retrograde our public discourse has become on this issue. Particularly this Rogan/Peterson/podcast-bro manosphere rubbish; essentially a dumb person's idea of what a clever person sounds like. No better example than the bovine
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Major new survey from National Education Association gives very strong support for phone-free schools. Any policy that lets kids have phones BETWEEN classes disrupts what happens IN class. Give teachers a chance. Go phone-free. https://t.co/bjJGaHM6vl
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As more schools and states consider going phone-free, I'm reposting this: clear evidence that phone-free schools improve learning. Just taking phones during CLASS gives less benefit in class, while still damaging social life between classes and at lunch.
Major new survey from National Education Association gives very strong support for phone-free schools. Any policy that lets kids have phones BETWEEN classes disrupts what happens IN class. Give teachers a chance. Go phone-free. https://t.co/bjJGaHM6vl
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Sometimes I wonder why on earth I bother and then other times I am reminded that people can change they minds. ☺️ This is one of those times. 🥰
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A top priority for me as a Member of Parliament and one I’ll stick with in the years ahead.
Labour MP Josh MacAlister is the author of the 2022 Independent Review of Children's Social Care. He tells Big Issue how he's channelling this experience into his new role https://t.co/Zh8netlHK5
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@Mr_Raichura Without worrying whether Feynman said it or not, it is important, in trivium terms, to teach both knowledge and how to use it in such a way as to help the student to think for themselves freely. The suspicion is that, in too many places, the acquisition of knowledge is all…
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“…it’s not just social media platforms that cause the problem; it is the screens themselves– & the content designed to get our kids hooked on mindless digital stimulation – that are stunting preschoolers’ brains.” @miriam_cates is right. We are in crisis https://t.co/9yepyj0iRm
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Knowing the risks of screen time for toddlers, we cannot allow any more young children to fall victim before they even start school
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Arkansas shows how easy it is to improve schools by going phone free. Gov. @SarahHuckabee put up money that schools could choose to use. Huge response from schools. I spoke with a few classes; the kids love it too, when nobody is on a phone. So much more fun!
As @JonHaidt said, no school regrets going phone-free. We are doing this in Arkansas and hope to see more states follow our lead!
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We learn more from reading on paper than on screens. 54 studies, 171k people: we process print more deeply than digital content—as long as it's informational rather than purely narrative. The paper advantage holds across ages and has grown over time. Long live physical books.
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Why? Eton got 53% 9s and Michaela got 52% Eton is HIGHLY selective. Tricky entrance tests, similar to tests to get into our local grammars. Our top kids FAIL those tests for local grammars and come to Michaela. Yet our kids get similar 9s to Eton… Think about it
@Miss_Snuffy I think Eton should just be left out of this type of comparison . Michaela does a wonderful job because she makes the children want to work. That’s the only difference . If parents want to send kids to Eton that their choice . It’s called Freedom ?? Questionable I know
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@Iainrhall One of the challenges is the uneven economic development across the UK, reducing opportunities for some unless they are prepared to move away from their communities.
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“We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve been awarded our Artsmark Gold Award in recognition of our fantastic arts provision. Artsmark recognises schools’ exceptional commitment to creativity with the Artsmark Award and is the only award for arts and cultural provision in England.
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