Liz

Teacher of English, lover of learning and all round enabler (professionally and otherwise).

[National Education Union @NEUnion]

Thank you to all the people thanking the NEU for what we've done. Thank you to our rapidly growing membership and parents for all your support #thanksneu

[BBC Bitesize @bbcbitesize]

What is white privilege?

We asked @JohnAmaechi, psychologist, best-selling author and former NBA basketball player to explain it for us.

👉 https://t.co/t7LIENTnPn

[Liz @extra_teach]

This article is about 3 months too late. https://t.co/wuQ5OFjHjy

[Ben Phillips @benphillips76]

Question. Answer.

[Liz @extra_teach]

@luciwhite @UpstreamArcade

[Liz @extra_teach]

Today I have written to my exam board @AQAEnglish to ask what they are doing to redress the omission of BAME British writers from their syllabus. Have other schools done the same- or switched to @edexcel due to this?

[Tes magazine @tes]

BREAKING... Risk would be halved if return to school delayed by a fortnight, 'Independent SAGE' committee concludes https://t.co/QoWmlX3GmQ

[Deborah @debsi70]

1) The UK government keep justifying their decision to reopen schools by saying they are mirroring Denmark who have successfully reopened schools, and directed the unions to find out how it has been achieved safely, so we did and this is what we found:

[Liz @extra_teach]

For all my students who tell me there’s no gender gap

[Liz @extra_teach]

@EmsShort check this out!

[Nikki @NooPuddles]

No mate! Because us teachers have children and families and lives of our own, not to mention we’re STILL WORKING!
You absolute bell end.

[West of Dead @WestofDeadGame]

In case you were wondering, you can wishlist West of Dead here: https://t.co/quyOqfreGD 🤠

[Liz @extra_teach]

@jowilliams293 Looking forward to your next article about women getting back into the kitchen. Go and get a job that doesn’t incite hatred.

[Liz @extra_teach]

@EngLangBlog has anyone got any good recommendations for style models for NEA Power of Storytelling? Have already looked at Angela Carter

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@Mark_1508 @willett_gemma

[Liz @extra_teach]

Someone eloquently saying how I feel.

[Mark Dobson @kellysheroesmd]

An ICU nurse after working 65 hours over the past six days. This is the face we should be seeing on front pages, not the charlatans who have cut/underfunded these heroes for decades. You say #buyapaper but perhaps it's time to represent the people of the UK not the privileged few

[Liz @extra_teach]

@Mark_1508 @willett_gemma @EmsShort That was fun! Quite tame words though.