Recovering English teacher, head, and union baron. Chiefly: books, food, Shakespeare, oracy … and endless pics of Suffolk skies with border terrier Molly B.
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Talking of #oracy, in this @guardian piece @LucyMPowell references my comments on disciplinary oracy ... eg how explaining, describing, justifying and debating mathematical models deepens students' understanding of maths:
theguardian.com/commentisfre…
The view from here: a huge pleasure this afternoon to meet David Newborn and team at @red_rose_chain, Ipswich. They are a theatre company doing amazing inclusive grassroots work, and bringing extraordinary stories about Suffolk to the people of Suffolk.
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Here’s my full report and data set on the Childhood lottery - 100 data points that show the hardest places to grow up aswell as the full area by area national picture for children 👇🏻
Today I launch my landmark dataset: The Childhood Lottery.📍
Children feel it's harder to grow up in some places than others. Now I've brought together the evidence showing what a child’s experience is like in every postcode.
Full report👉🏼 childrenscommissioner.gov.uk…
Just heading home from the 15th anniversary performance of @TheRSC’s #MatildaTheMusical introduced in person by writers @timminchin & Dennis Kelly. All these years on, the production is as fresh, inventive & uplifting as ever. Perfect for half term. Here’s to the next 15 years.
Powerful, relentless campaigning by @ChildrensComm and excellent reporting by @RSylvester1 and team on a bleak ‘state of emergency’ in childhood @ObserverUK
Children’s commissioner declares “state of emergency” on young people’s lives - my report for @ObserverUK on the “childhood lottery”
observer.co.uk/news/national…
AI’s implications explored …
Superb, as always, from @jonstewart:
.@jonstewart unpacks AI’s dubious promise of a better future, from the fate of our jobs to an "age of abundance"
With the current narrative of the USA so bleakly dispiriting, I'm finding @brhodes' 'All We Say: A History of the United States in Fifteen Speeches' informative, compelling and - overall - a source of optimism. These things shall pass. #BartonBookshelf
(Bought @AldeBooks)
‘Winnie-the-Pooh was too sugary for some. “It is that word ‘hummy,’” Dorothy Parker wrote waspishly under her pseudonym Constant Reader, “that makes the first place … at which Tonstant Weader fwowed up”’: the @guardian on the Pooh centenary:
theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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What does “every teacher is a teacher of literacy” mean in practice?
🎙️ Jennie Shearer joins @RealGeoffBarton to discuss disciplinary literacy, social reading and giving pupils the confidence to question, discuss and change their minds.
Listen: zurl.co/gOQ4I
Reminder: the @EducEndowFoundn (EEF) is an independent charity established in 2011 to improve the educational attainment of disadvantaged pupils aged 2 to 19 in English schools. They have a range of research on the low cost/high impact of #oracy education: educationendowmentfoundation…
“Every child deserves to find their voice.
From today, that starts to look less like a privilege and – irrespective of background or postcode – more like a genuine entitlement for all England’s children and young people”: my piece on #oracy @SchoolsWeek schoolsweek.co.uk/lucy-powel…
With #oracy in the news, 3 essentials:
1 The @oracycommission 'We Need to Talk' report: oracyeducationcommission.co.…;
2: My conversation with Prof Robin Alexander (why oracy matters): open.spotify.com/episode/0od…
3: My conversation with @dmthomas90 (oracy & maths): open.spotify.com/episode/6Os…
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I couldn’t be more delighted than seeing a headline like this. The appetite for change among teachers, students & parents is there. Talk is central to learning and life! telegraph.co.uk/education-an…
As @LucyMPowell says …
“With AI on the rise, we need to go harder on the skills that makes us human, like oracy.
That ability to articulate yourself confidently is central to success in work and life, but for too long it’s been a marker of privilege.
Now it will become the right of every child.”
Read more 👇
thetimes.com/uk/politics/art…
A change of role for @jacquiohanlon - one of the most impressive people I have ever worked with. The work on education partnerships she has led at @TheRSC has been nothing short of phenomenal. An era ends. artsprofessional.co.uk/magaz…
As someone who enjoys both cycling and wine, this @Lit_Review review of ‘Wine: A Global History’ was a tad unnerving …
The view from here: I still get a thrill from being in London - today for various meetings (including today’s conference about human flourishing), and this evening just enjoying the magic of this extraordinary city
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🎙️ Have you listened to The Day with @RealGeoffBarton yet?
From literacy and oracy to critical thinking and citizenship, hear leading educators explore how we help young people find their voice and make sense of the world.
🎧 Listen now: zurl.co/WCImB
Personal development in school: our latest edition of @thedaytweets podcast …
How do we prepare young people not simply to cope with a complex world, but to question and participate in it?
This Friday, Helen Blachford joins @RealGeoffBarton to discuss citizenship, PSHE, digital literacy, oracy and student voice. 🎙️ zurl.co/bK9Ax
