Word Crunching I  wrote  a poem  on a page  but then each line grew  to the word sum of the previous two  until I began to worry about all these words coming with such frequency  because as you can see, it can be easy to run out of space when a poem gets all Fibonacci sequency  Brian Bilston

Today’s poem celebrates Fibonacci Day. It’s called ‘Word Crunching’.

Leader stress 'chronic and acute' as pupil behaviour worsens Education Support warns of 'disturbingly high rates of stress, anxiety, and burnout' among school staff

School staff have reported an increase in disruptive behaviour and abuse from pupils and their families, while leader stress remains 'chronic and acute' despite improvements in workplace culture, finds the latest @edsupportuk.bsky.social report

schoolsweek.co.uk/leader-stres...

‘They’ll behave if you ask them nicely’
‘They’ll behave if you have a poster saying you respect the UN rights of the child’
‘They’ll behave if the curriculum is relevant’
‘They’ll behave if they like you.’

These are the kinds of clown-car behavioural approaches favoured by some non-teachers

Ofsted judging teachers? Here we go again... The news that Ofsted is proposing inspecting teaching as a standalone category is unwelcome in the sector, and for very good reason, argues Zoe Enser

‘Making a judgement on individual teacher quality has come to be known as a bit of a fool’s errand’

@greeborunner.bsky.social issues a warning to Ofsted about its proposal to inspect teaching as a standalone category