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Sandy Leaton Gray @drleatongray.bsky.social · 2h

Thought for the day: “It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God”.

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Sandy Leaton Gray @drleatongray.bsky.social · 2h

I have been laughing about this for days.

Sandy Leaton Gray @drleatongray.bsky.social · 2h

Have finally persuaded my parents to adopt my old smartphone. They are not untechnological but just didn’t see the point before. The defining moment was probably the window cleaner wanting pictures of the windows in order to quote.

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Sandy Leaton Gray @drleatongray.bsky.social · 2h

Don’t get me wrong, it’s great my husband survived Covid round three and all that, but having him downstairs again of an evening has definitely compromised my binge watching of The White Queen.

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Sandy Leaton Gray @drleatongray.bsky.social · 1d

Oh god

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

We don’t just have an attendance problem, we have an engagement problem – but we can learn a lot from the way Chicago has turned around its school system, says @vianclark.bsky.social

Curriculum reform must focus on engagement, not just attainment

Looking at how Chicago turned around its struggling schools offers insights into how the curriculum review could unlock transformation here, says trust CEO Becks Boomer-Clark

www.tes.com

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Sandy Leaton Gray @drleatongray.bsky.social · 2d

I have two cleaning gentlemen who come on Fridays to do my vacuuming. Peak 50s woman.

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 3d

At the other end of the spectrum, when my dad was ~17 he did well in an event for young chemists and the prize was a trip to an asbestos factory.

Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 3d

My 9yo is going on a school trip to Abba Voyage this week for a tenner, which I'm just throwing out there as the best school trip I've ever heard of

Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 3d

Inexplicably, my son’s very standard state school - in a mixed area, not a particularly affluent one - arranged a £4K trip to Kenya last year. I keep meaning to do a story on the astonishing escalation of the school trip.

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 5d

Make no mistake: this is part of eugenicist policy under fascism.

USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 5d

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

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Sandy Leaton Gray @drleatongray.bsky.social · 4d

All the funding records have disappeared from WorkTribe

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NPR @npr.org · 5d

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life'

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

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Sandy Leaton Gray @drleatongray.bsky.social · 5d

My lad’s house sale has fallen through after the survey revealed extensive asbestos problems. It leaves them £4K down on multiple fees and surveys, after two failed attempts to buy a home fell through.

Sandy Leaton Gray @drleatongray.bsky.social · 5d

You could call it ‘The National Health Service’. Take a % of income to cover it. Make it free at the point of use. Use economy of scale to negotiate terrific benefits for users. Make improved longevity and reduced child and maternal mortality your goal.

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Sandy Leaton Gray @drleatongray.bsky.social · 5d

Ironically many US citizens used to criticise ‘socialised medicine’ as they didn’t realise public funding underpinned their own system, indeed every system.

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Sandy Leaton Gray @drleatongray.bsky.social · 5d

Well Covid-19 related change for a start.

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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 6d

I am completely entranced by the deployment of inflatable animals in the scary narrative. Great stuff those people. 👏🏻

Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 6d

This is awesome.

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Sandy Leaton Gray @drleatongray.bsky.social · 6d

I have been saying this to students.

Sandy Leaton Gray @drleatongray.bsky.social · 6d

Most academic thing ever

Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 6d

I just keep thinking how very Big Bang Theory this is 😂

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 6d

One of my favorite moments from Nobel Prize history:

The Nobel Committee couldn’t reach Stanford professor Paul Milgrom to let him know that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics, so his fellow winner, Robert Wilson, went over to his house in the middle of the night to wake him up!

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Sandy Leaton Gray @drleatongray.bsky.social · 6d

What could possibly go wrong?!

Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 6d

Exclusive: Teachers will use 'deepfake' technology to create an AI avatar of themselves to deliver catch-up lessons for pupils who have missed school

Watch one of the school’s ‘deepfake’ teachers in our story below

schoolsweek.co.uk/schools-trus...

'Deepfake' teacher avatars to help pupils catch up

Academy trust staff to use AI generator to introduce resources for pupils returning to school

schoolsweek.co.uk

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Sandy Leaton Gray @drleatongray.bsky.social · 6d

Higher education should be seen as public infrastructure that supports economic capacity, civic life and social mobility. The real challenge is system design, not ideology. 8/8

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Sandy Leaton Gray @drleatongray.bsky.social · 6d

A national skills and education council could align strategy and end the cycle of short-term policy changes. 7/8

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Sandy Leaton Gray @drleatongray.bsky.social · 6d

Universities could specialise: regional institutions in applied research and degree apprenticeships, research-intensive ones in global scholarship and innovation. 6/8

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Sandy Leaton Gray @drleatongray.bsky.social · 6d

Funding should be stable and fair, with capped lifetime repayments, maintenance support and clear information on long-term outcomes. 5/8

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Sandy Leaton Gray @drleatongray.bsky.social · 6d

A better approach would build one tertiary funding system that allows movement between higher and further education instead of setting them against each other. 4/8

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Sandy Leaton Gray @drleatongray.bsky.social · 6d

The problem is not “low-value” courses. It is the separation of academic and vocational routes when both are needed for a modern economy. 3/8

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