Alison Ryan

Consulting adviser to Teaching Profession APPG. Former Senior Policy Adviser. Working for evidence-informed inclusive teacher & pupil education. Views my own.

[Kathryn Morgan @KathrynMorgan_2]

STILL true: "We may pat ourselves on the back for no longer grading lessons in 20 min snapshots, but we're still going about grading teachers/perf management with the same degree of confidence as when we were grading 20 min gobbets in blissful ignorance." https://t.co/I7OFxpeHvI

[Tes magazine @tes]

FE leaders, staff and students support the manifesto calling for a 5% funding increase – following the reveal of a 30% FE budget cut between 2009 -2019

https://t.co/MBJfZfWsvq

[Whole School SEND @WholeSchoolSEND]

Are you a SENCo? If so you should complete the 2018 SENCo Workload Survey - a joint research project between the @NEUnion , @nasen_org and @BathSpaUni. To find out more about the project and to complete the survey, visit https://t.co/VieMBxC8jW.

[Tom Rogers @RogersHistory]

Teachers burnout because of:

Constant work scrutinies👀
“tick box” learning walks📋
PM targets on exam results📈
Constantly writing intervention reports📝
Chasing detentions all day🚷
No time for toilet 🚽 or lunch🍴
Every lesson must show progress📶
Every book has to glow🔅

[BBC The Social @bbcthesocial]

"Is it right that my people are banned from shops like dogs?"

This is life for a young traveller in Scotland.

[Waltham Forest special education crisis @SENDCrisisWF]

Disgraceful stuff going on in #walthamforest regarding transport for kids - check out the coverage in @ELondonGuardian https://t.co/5qLDulKhwd. @SendCrisis #fiasco

[Alison Ryan @AliREducation]

@JoToovey Hi Jo. I'd really like to talk to you about your work / experience regarding the needs of DME pupils for some work I'm doing; Anne Heavey passed on your name but of course I remember your ATL Conf motion. Hope to hear from you.

[@neupost16norman @post16norman]

We need to turn the tide! #loveFE #Loveourcolleges

[Ruth Dann @dannruth3]

It is important to remember that a test can only ever be a proxy for what someone knows. If our accountability systems were more mindful of this we may be better able to support and improve learning rather than stifle it

[Warwick Mansell @warwickmansell]

(Belatedly) new blog for @NEUnion : "Home education and 'get tough' behaviour policies: two sides of the same coin?" https://t.co/DUSu8QBj5F

[YoungMinds @YoungMindsUK]

The young people's mental health crisis is real and it's urgent. Thousands have signed our petition asking for faster access to services for those who need it. But we still have a long way to go - add your name: https://t.co/XJeN8Yyeu4

[Tes magazine @tes]

A truly great teacher can be the single biggest influence in the life of a young person, but that does not mean you are alone, writes @JohnSwinney

https://t.co/T3eM5Okm3L

[YoungMinds @YoungMindsUK]

Study reveals transgender teens have highest suicide risk https://t.co/3ZeNlCFlyP

[Darren Hankey @HCFEprincipal]

DfE: we're putting £500m into T-Levels

Reality: T-Levels won't apply across the sector for maybe another 5 years plus they will require more delivery hours so the costs to deliver them will increase

@AoCDavidH
@AoC_info

[National Education Union @NEUnion]

“The answer is that if we want to avoid children being affected by the funding cuts, then we do need to increase the amount of money available to our state schools."

We completely agree Emma Knights! @NGAMedia

https://t.co/YABZwaSF6U

[Schools Improvement @SchoolsImprove]

The decline of music education threatens to deprive Britain of future talent #creativesubjects #Artssubjects #GCSEmusic https://t.co/uF7sEOTB3v

[Dr. Liz Hardy 👓 @SimpliTeach]

10 #quotes for #teachers that use light as #inspiration | ☀ 1. Isn't this the bedrock of our job descriptions?

[Clare Sealy @ClareSealy]

Meeting with SLT today to try & work out how we are going to take this 'next step' @ofstednews gave us, tricky given @profbeckyallen 's blog!
'governors routinely and precisely evaluate the impact of the pupil premium spending on the achievement of disadvantaged pupils.'

[Warwick Mansell @warwickmansell]

Congrats to @StaufenbergJ @SchoolsWeek on this story about a second Harris academy having Sats results annulled. (I heard a whisper about this a few weeks ago; hadn't realised DfE would confirm): https://t.co/F6TnxlU1xx

[Jon Taylor @NEU_JonTaylor]

The number of teachers aged under 45 leaving the English state school system has increased 40% since 2012. The number of under-45s entering the system decreased by 4% in same period. Losing too many teachers in early-mid career causes structural problems in workforce.