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Martin Robinson @trivium21c.bsky.social Author: Trivium 21c, Athena vs the Machine, Curriculum Revolutions. Education Consultant.
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Becky Francis @beckyfrancis.bsky.social Educationalist, sometime academic, committed to supporting social justice and evidence-led policymaking and practice in education.
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Pedro De Bruyckere @thebandb.bsky.social Educational mythbuster, scientist http://theeconomyofmeaning.com Pedagoog, onderzoeker, schrijver http://xyofeinstein.be Producer, guitar addict http://blueandbroke.be. Persoonlijke tweets!
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Cassie Young @moderncassie.bsky.social Education | Inclusion Executive Officer (IEO) | Trustee | Music | Infrequent blogger | Runner #NPQH #NPQEL #RunningPunks
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Zoe Enser @greeborunner.bsky.social School improvement lead for a small but varied and beautifully formed trust. TES columnist.
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Adam Boxer @adamboxereducation.bsky.social Science teacher
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Tom Bennett OBE @tombennett71.bsky.social Behaviour advisor to the UK Department of Education. Founder of researchED. Professor of School Behaviour. Academica University of Applied Science.
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David Didau @didau.bsky.social Same old same old
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Clare Sealy @claresealy.bsky.social Head of Education Improvement for the States of Guernsey. Blogs at primarytimery.com
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Director of the Knowledge Hub.
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Jon Hutchinson @jonhutchinson.bsky.social Director at the Reach Foundation. Previously primary teacher, A Level Religious Studies teacher and senior leader at an all-through school. Chair of governors of a primary cluster board.
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Pritesh Raichura @priteshraichura.bsky.social Teaching. Culture. Education.
Operation Education podcast.
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Stuart Lock @stulock.bsky.social Chief Executive, Advantage Schools
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Paul Kirschner @paulkirschner.bsky.social Educational realist, Diehard edu myth-buster, Grumpy Old Man, Emeritus Prof. Educational Psychology Open Universiteit, Guest Prof. Thomas More Uni (Belgium), owner kirschner-ED
Tom Needham @tomneedham.bsky.social English Teacher/Secondary School Senior Leader
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Alex Quigley @alexjquigley.bsky.social Education, education, education. Work at the Education Endowment Foundation. Write books, write for TES, and blog: https://alexquigley.co.uk/
Bruno Reddy @brunoreddy.bsky.social Devoted to closing education gaps & raising global maths confidence.
Creator of TT Rock Stars and NumBots.
2009 school co-founder | 2004 Teach First
2024 OBE for services to education
Remember that we agree on more things than we disagree.
Tom Rees @tomrees.bsky.social Chief Executive - Ormiston Academies Trust.
Chair of the DfE's Expert Advisory Group for Inclusion.
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Emma Turner FCCT @emmaturner75.bsky.social SIP, LA Edu Advisor, CPD & Author by day.
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Richard Tutt @richardtutt.bsky.social Director of Secondary Education, Astrea.
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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social Co-Founder of TeacherTapp, daily poll of 12k teachers. Former editor of Schools Week & Guardian columnist. Once a teacher, always a teacher.
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Nimish Lad @nimishlad.bsky.social Director of Partnerships and Development | Assessment | Physics | Author: MARGE model of learning in Action | UCL grad | Primary school governor | Views are my own | All typos owned and apologised for in advance
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Rob Coe @profcoe.bsky.social Director of R&D at Evidence Based Education; Senior Associate at Education Endowment Foundation; Visiting Professor at Loughborough University.
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Michael Fordham @michaelfordham.bsky.social Headteacher of Thetford Academy (UK). Trustee of Diocese of Ely MAT. Interested in history, school music, and educational philosophy. All views my own.
Miriam Hussain @miriamhussain.bsky.social Vice Principal. Teacher of English. Writer.
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John Tomsett @johntomsett.bsky.social Education author/blogger and consultant. Co-founder of Huh with Mary Myatt. Trainer for WalkThrus. Erstwhile headteacher of Huntington School, York. Contact: jtomsett@hotmail.com
Louis Everett @louiseverett.bsky.social Founding Co-headteacher of Reach Academy Hanworth Park. NPQH. MEd.
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Greg Ashman @gregashman.bsky.social School leader who teaches a bit. PhD in Instructional Design. Writer. Podcasted for a bit. Honorary Fellow. Views entirely my own.
Ballarat.
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Andrew Old @oldandrewuk.bsky.social Teacher and blogger. My blog can be found at https://andrewold.substack.com/
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Prof Sam Twiselton @samtwiselton.bsky.social OBE Emeritus Prof, Education Policy Advisor Visiting Prof UoS, Former Founding Director of SIoE,Chair of DfE ITT CCF Group, PFHEA FCCT. Proud Cumbrian
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Peter Foster @pnjfoster.bsky.social Teacher Development Lead for a MAT in Somerset
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oliver caviglioli @olicav.bsky.social Information designer of education schemas and mental models. Author of Dual Coding with Teachers, co-author of Organise Ideas, and The Extended Mind. Co-creator of Teaching WalkThrus book and resources. Websites:
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Dan Willingham @dtwuva.bsky.social Professor @UVa who's puttin' the funk back in functional brain imaging and the psycho in psychometrics. One study is just one study, folks.
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