🚨NEW PODCAST🚨 What might Andy Burnham in No.10 mean for schools in England? @schwitzer.bsky.social and Meg Powell-Chandler join me to explore some of the big changes that could be awaiting pupils, teachers and leaders in the coming years. Listen here: insideyoured.com

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'The government has a strong policy proposition which could improve the lives of millions of children with SEND. But to succeed it will need to think as carefully about 2014 as it does about 2034' https://schoolsweek.co.uk/how-to-go-from-well-intentioned-to-success-with-send-reform/

How to go from well intentioned to success with SEND reform

The government needs to think as carefully about 2014 as it does about 2034

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Check out this Rethinking Assessment blog based on a keynote by Reza Schwitzer on the future of assessment. What changes do you think matter most for students? https://rethinkingassessment.com/rethinking-blogs/looking-ahead-a-hopeful-future-for-assessment/

Financial literacy is set to become a core part of the curriculum, following publication of the Curriculum & Assessment Review. During #NumberConfidenceWeek, Reza Schwitzer @schwitzer.bsky.social and Natalie Wilson from AQA met the APPG on Financial Education to demo our new numeracy app. (1/3)

Proud to convene leaders from the UK Ukrainian community at @aqaeducation.bsky.social to discuss the campaign for a Ukrainian GCSE. We need the right qualification, but it's also about preserving and celebrating Ukrainian identity. Thanks to @joepowell.bsky.social and other MPs for your support

We were honoured to host an inspiring meeting this morning alongside @andrewlewinmp.bsky.social and @joepowell.bsky.social - bringing together Ukrainian language teachers & stakeholders for a discussion on how to ensure Ukrainian children can maintain & develop their language skills while in the UK.

We’re finishing up in Manchester for the Conservative Party Conference and began with a @ukyouth.bsky.social YouthZone panel! Panellists included @lauracunliffehall.bsky.social, an AQA Student Advisory Group member, a UK Youth member and AQA Head of External Affairs, @c-fraser.bsky.social (1/8)

Rounding off today’s panels with @aqaeducation.bsky.social We're joined by @robeastaway.bsky.social, Sarah Porretta (@youngenterprise.bsky.social), Baroness Spielman, and @schwitzer.bsky.social to discuss what’s needed from the curriculum and assessment system to help every child excel in maths.

Many thanks to our joint panel with Education Policy Institute at the #CPC25 today on ‘Can technology solve the challenges facing #education’ for a thoughtful and insightful discussion. With Pepe Di’Iasio Natalie Perera Dr Ben Spencer Reza Schwitzer and Shane Ierston. #AI #policy

Hello from Liverpool for the @teamlabouruk.bsky.social Party Conference! Yesterday was a busy day, starting in the Youth Zone with a panel event including representatives from Girlguiding, @dofe.org and our Student Advisory Group. (1/5)

Great to finish a packed day at conference chatting with the Education Policy Institute about building a curriculum where every child can thrive - thank you to fellow panelists for a really insightful session

Cracking panel at @edupolicyinst.bsky.social / @aqaeducation.bsky.social event, discussing the small matter of the future of the curriculum and assessment. @schwitzer.bsky.social @jonnyuttley.bsky.social @leoracruddas.bsky.social @pepediiasio.bsky.social @peter4bracknell.bsky.social

Very eminent group of people, was really exciting to present our numeracy prototype to them and get so much support and encouragement for what we’re doing

AQA@aqaeducation.bsky.social · 11mo ago

AQA was proud to join the @nationalnumeracy.bsky.social Leadership Council, sharing insights on our new numeracy assessment. Read more in The Times [£] here: www.thetimes.com/uk/education... and have a look here: www.aqa.org.uk/aqa-unveils-...

Kicking off our #LDConf programme with a packed room, looking at inclusive curriculum & assessment reform in partnership with @aqaeducation.bsky.social. Ellie Harris (@thedifferenceed.bsky.social), David Laws, Phil Sayles, @schwitzer.bsky.social & @munirawilson.bsky.social on the panel.

How is this not incitement? www.bbc.com/news/article...

Musk's fellowship of Royal Society in doubt after rally address

The world's most prestigious scientific body raised concerns about the "language of violence" at the march.

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It’s #LiteracyDay today, and that includes digital literacy. So how confident are young people in engaging digitally? @thakeman.bsky.social writes the latest AQi blog about the myth of the digital native and what support young people need in this digital media era > www.aqa.org.uk/aqi/the-myth...

Would love to hear more about this

Jessica Elgot@jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 11mo ago

It was in early spring when I first asked a close ally if Starmer still believed it was better for ministers to spend longer and become expert in their departments and they basically said it was the biggest thing he'd changed his mind about now having seen how Whitehall operates.

If Darren Jones is now CDL anyway, doesn’t the new CSPM role lose some of its importance? Is the new story now really the newly formed Department of Growth led by Pat McFadden?

The interesting Q re: Polanski taking over the Greens is whether they can keep their strategic ambiguity that has allowed them to win in both progressive and nimby/Tory/conservationist areas.

Martin about as happy as I am with doing a half time interview. What new devilry is this?

“In a world where AI will be ubiquitous, but we want young people to develop knowledge and skills of their own, we will need to find a balance,” writes Chinwe Njoku in an engrossing new AQi blog. www.aqa.org.uk/aqi/ai-in-ed...

Had to do a double take on these polling figures 👀 @politico.eu @yougov.co.uk

Yes I do agree that the application of the test needs more nuance than it probably will have. Haven’t seen the details apart from on this page www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/fast-stream/...

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Don’t agree. The way it has been announced, socio-economics is an exclusionary factor. It doesn’t say there are exemptions for disability or care experience. I hope that is just the media line and not the reality. (It’s otherwise obviously sensible but not that different to the status quo…)

Every day is a school day! Just discovered wheat plants are also used to make straw. Beautiful morning in Berkshire

Imagine you're a brand that doesn't want to pay whatever Cindy Crawford, Kendall Jenner, and Gisele Bündchen command. Can you create an AI "model" based on them? A basic idea of property rights is that you own your body and thus what your body creates (labor). How does this work with AI "models?"

We at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk have coordinated a letter in @thetimes.com today in which numerous individuals and organisations call on the government to withdraw its mistaken rules which are having a serious chilling effect on civil servants speaking in public…

The response from John, by the way, is an absolute masterclass in reacting to a hospital pass

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last yr.

REPORTER: Ukraine has asked the international court to go after Russia for using toxic chemicals in the fight TRUMP WHISPERING TO HEGSETH: What do you know about this? HEGSETH WHISPERING: John might know TRUMP: Well, I'd ask John to discuss it