The pockets of both countries where life expectancy has been falling are overwhelmingly white [working class], and the most diverse parts have seen the biggest increases.
Contrast diverse (and hardly affluent) inner-city London Newham with Middlesbrough, Boston, Lincoln.
And here’s a piece I did last year looking at how the US’s life expectancy deficit would look if drugs, guns, road deaths or obesity could be magicked away
https://t.co/CcTlCYzuMd
NEW: income inequality in US & UK is so wide that while the richest are very well off, the poorest have a worse standard of living than the poorest in countries like Slovenia https://t.co/gtHvhNsnuT
Essentially, US & UK are poor societies with some very rich people.
A thread:
@RogersHistory@FloraSCooper I blame the government for not allowing teachers to reprimand appropriately anymore. Kids run riot at school, beat the crap out of each other, threaten teachers. None of this happened when I was a kid! Bring back the cane, it never harmed anything more than pride and ass
@RogersHistory@FloraSCooper A bold response to a system that is now brought into question. In addition teachers should boycott applying for posts as Ofsted Inspectors.
Thanks @FloraSCooper for sharing this from the sister of Ruth Perry. Abolish OFSTED. If you ain't comfortable with that, help to strip them of all this power they have accumulated. Above all, do something!
On the back of this heartbreaking tweet, is this possible to pile the pressure on Ofsted?
Many HTs are appalled at what happened to Ruth Perry. If you get an inspection next week and you feel strongly enough and very brave…1/2
If there is anything that demonstrates why Ofsted categories MUST end it has to be this. What a loss Ruth Perry surely was to eduction but, above all, to her family. Ruth’s sister’s words are utterly heartbreaking. This simply cannot go on.
Full clip:
https://t.co/eyLBw4XlsL
I wrote a Tweet about banners last year. I'll share it again.
If you want to diplay a banner on your school, use it to share quotes from pupils, parents or visitors. Use it to celebrate an achievement or your uniqueness!
But don't use it to simply share an Ofsted grading...
We call on headteachers (with the support of teaching unions) to:
Boycott Ofsted until a thorough, independent review has been conducted and changes implemented
@Ofstednews#ripruthperry#reformofsted
NEW: ‘My headmistress sister killed herself because of an Ofsted report.’
Ruth Perry, 53, a mum of two, died after her school was downgraded from outstanding to inadequate.
Time to reform Ofsted? Thank you Julia for speaking to me @thetimes@bphillipsonMP https://t.co/foRhyollMY
Surely this is our professions Spartacus or Lineker moment. Time for headteachers to stand in unity and refuse to take part in OFSTED. If all headteacher inspectors refused to continue in the role this cruel system would collapse