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Oh, and another thing…. Member of #Labour National Policy Forum, #Unite member, former teacher, feminist, Methodist, @SocEduAss executive member, Branch Labour Secretary and Councillor Hessle, joint organiser of Northern Rocks education conference. Why do we test our children? Why do we rely on standardised tests to judge our own worth as teachers, educators, parents and students? Only by understanding why we are all complicit in a system we know to be damaging can we then together create an alternative.
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I’m not an outstanding teacher. Nor is anyone. | Disappointed Idealist
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Ranting from the chalkface. Index Of All My Blogs. I’m not an outstanding teacher. Nor is anyone. I’m not an outstanding teacher. Nor is anyone. August 5, 2014. October 8, 2014. Life in the classroom. This article appeared in the Guardian this morning. There’s much in it I agree with. I am an outstanding teacher. How to be an outstanding teacher. 8220;, as opposed to “. How to teach an outstanding lesson. 8220; I’ve heard some colleagues refer to themselves as “I’m an outstanding teache...8220;Inadequate...
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How to complain effectively | Disappointed Idealist
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Ranting from the chalkface. Index Of All My Blogs. How to complain effectively. How to complain effectively. February 24, 2015. Life in the classroom. The Guardian published one of my pieces here. Gain, not pain. Well, first of all, don’t complain. Yes, that’s right, don’t complain. Complaints are negative, destructive things. They’re the sign of minds missing their meeting, and they’ll do nothing for your future relationship with your child’s teacher. 8220; Now we’re talking. The point is made...Try to ...
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Election 2015 | Disappointed Idealist
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Ranting from the chalkface. Index Of All My Blogs. March 19, 2015. May 9, 2015. Life in the classroom. My school is holding a mock election to coincide with the General Election in May. Inevitably, I’ve ended up organising it, with help from other politically interested teachers. I thought I might keep track of how it develops on this blog, more for my own amusement than anything else. Read from the bottom up for date order. Latest instalment underneath. The results are in! Greatest share of the vote.
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All those years in the LibDems, and it turns out I’m a Communist. Who knew ? | Disappointed Idealist
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Ranting from the chalkface. Index Of All My Blogs. All those years in the LibDems, and it turns out I’m a Communist. Who knew? All those years in the LibDems, and it turns out I’m a Communist. Who knew? July 25, 2015. July 25, 2015. This blog is purely about politics (particularly the Labour leadership contest), not education, so if you’re here just for education, then don’t bother reading further. Apparently, I’m on the far left of this picture. Disappointed Idealist’s Philosophy. States have enormous p...
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Ranting from the chalkface. Index Of All My Blogs. Being a Head of Department. May 15, 2016. May 15, 2016. I saw a blog. Then I thought, “. Hang on, I’m leaving my own HoD role after 10 years. I should offer my own collected wisdom to my successor, and to any other poor saps who think the TLR justifies all the extra contact with SLT they’ll need to have. 8221; Not a blog on general “leadership”, because I’ve done that already. Two years ago, the wonderful Jill Berry. You can find the Guardian article here.
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All those years in the LibDems, and it turns out I’m a Communist. Who knew ? | Disappointed Idealist
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Ranting from the chalkface. Index Of All My Blogs. All those years in the LibDems, and it turns out I’m a Communist. Who knew? All those years in the LibDems, and it turns out I’m a Communist. Who knew? July 25, 2015. July 25, 2015. This blog is purely about politics (particularly the Labour leadership contest), not education, so if you’re here just for education, then don’t bother reading further. Apparently, I’m on the far left of this picture. Disappointed Idealist’s Philosophy. States have enormous p...
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June | 2015 | Disappointed Idealist
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Ranting from the chalkface. Index Of All My Blogs. Teacher Retention : More Than Just An Image Problem. June 8, 2015. July 25, 2015. Life in the classroom. Continue reading →. Grammars: The Reverse Ferret Begins. The Return of Selection: Gove Bites Us All On The Arse. Eleven Years A Teacher. Brexit in the Classroom. The World Turned Upside Down. Public Ranking of Children: The Return of the Dunce’s Hat. Lessons from History: Peronne Road Cemetery. Being a Head of Department. When is a U-Turn not a U-Turn?
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Teacher Retention : More Than Just An Image Problem | Disappointed Idealist
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Ranting from the chalkface. Index Of All My Blogs. Teacher Retention : More Than Just An Image Problem. Teacher Retention : More Than Just An Image Problem. June 8, 2015. July 25, 2015. Life in the classroom. This morning, Nicky Morgan was quoted (rather bizarrely) as blaming the teacher recruitment problem on “the media”. And dodgy hedge-fund shysters. Morgan tries to work out how many teachers she needs to keep. If you can’t put enough teachers in front of the classes. Won’t you stay another day. IR...
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Ranting from the chalkface. Index Of All My Blogs. Articles posted by disidealist. Grammars: The Reverse Ferret Begins. October 1, 2016. October 1, 2016. Back in July I wrote a blog. So having been proved correct (rather faster than I expected), I thought I’d make a return to the prediction game, to see if I can help shine a light into the sewer which our education policy is fast disappearing down. Continue reading →. The Return of Selection: Gove Bites Us All On The Arse. July 24, 2016. July 24, 2016.
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