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Carola J

@carolaj.bsky.social
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Secondary English teacher for longer than I care to remember. Brightoneer.

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Carola J @carolaj.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
On which score this an interesting read… www.facebook.com/share/p/1ENa...
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Carola J @carolaj.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Just out of your talk Sam (have read the book). Enjoyed it, thank you. (Knew the i360 would come up in the Q&A at some point 😄…)
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Carola J @carolaj.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Sooner they made internships accessible for the working class.
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Carola J @carolaj.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Politics/democracy on shaky ground atm. Even if your own life's going swimmingly you only have to lift your head up to feel the world's a cluster****.
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Ellie Harris @eleanorrrlouise.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Our research found that young people have incredibly low self-esteem. They believe that long term unemployment is more likely and success will be harder to find. They have lost faith in their futures and their own ability to change their outcomes. www.ippr.org/articles/bri...
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Britain’s broken social contract: Young people have lost faith in their future | IPPR
For much of the post-war period, Britain offered young people a basic promise: if you work hard and do the right things, you can expect greater security an
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Carola J @carolaj.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Reckon parenting plays a part as well. Modern parenting seems very blurred re boundaries/authority - too much discussion/bargaining/negotiating/false choices given. That's not good for the mental health of kids. They like to know where they stand/have confidence that adults know what they're doing.
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Carola J @carolaj.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I don't think it's about aspiring to some perfect/affluent/social media life. I reckon it's about feeling you can't even aspire to the basics of a decent existence.
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Carola J @carolaj.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Nor me. But back then (for me anyway) things didn't seem so hopeless/out of reach.
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Carola J @carolaj.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Country attitude without the money.
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Carola J @carolaj.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Friends of mine don't like me telling them that paying a premium to live in a 'good' school catchment (which many of them have done) is as bad as paying private.
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James Chapman @jamesmchapman.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Sky News projecting a national vote share for Reform of 27%, based on results so far. That’s four points down on what they achieved in local elections last year. Somewhat of a counter to the prevailing narrative. More evidence that Reform appears to have peaked.
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Carola J @carolaj.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
New post just out: "The signal and the noise" How media fragmentation is changing politics and what governments need to do to adapt. Or how do you get a message out when no one is reading papers or watching TV? (£/free trial) samf.substack.com/p/the-signal...
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The signal and the noise
How media fragmentation is changing politics and what governments need to do to adapt
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Iain Mansfield @igmansfield.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Very interesting analysis by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com. It is (I think) a priori surprising that the graduate premium has held up so well in other countries during growth in participation. www.ft.com/content/649d...
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Carola J @carolaj.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
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Carola J @carolaj.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
@rlrossi64.bsky.social @shadylady222.bsky.social
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Carola J @carolaj.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
This makes my blood boil. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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School pool barricaded as repairs contract ends with work unfinished
A BBC investigation finds building issues across city schools after a firm contracted to carry out repairs went into liquidation.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
New post just out: My 2025 audit - looking at what I got right and wrong this year. And picking out lessons to improve my commentary in 2026. (Free to read) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
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The Audit - 2025
What did I get right and wrong?
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Very useful explainer on what's going on.
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Carola J @carolaj.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
A lot of my students seemed to be unaware that I knew it was hot today.
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Carola J @carolaj.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Sorry it's 'Life', Des'ree. Unbeatable. 'I'm afraid of the dark 'Specially when I'm in a park And there's no one else around Ooh, I get the shivers I don't want to see a ghost It's a sight that I fear most I'd rather have a piece of toast'
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
UCL are going back to all in person exams. There is no other solution to this problem currently available.
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Carola J @carolaj.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Bit patronising.
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Carola J @carolaj.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Also means SLT out of action re supporting staff at after-school centralised detentions etc which has been an issue where I am atm.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
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👻 Jack Djinn Wail 🧞 @jacktindale.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
I love how this is so much like a big budget American version of the Boris/Cummings break-up.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Given how unpopular Starmer is this is quite a reflection on Farage and Badenoch.
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Carola J @carolaj.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Oh, what I've been saying *forever* is suddenly news.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Shipman's ST column says that Bridget Phillipson is going to be replaced as ed sec by Peter Kyle in June. But she's working on a massive/complex overhaul of special needs which will have to be signed off before then. Mad to have her make that call and then be replaced (if that is the plan).
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Carola J @carolaj.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Stoke’s the biggest ‘city’ challenge. Five towns, no heart.
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Carola J @carolaj.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
👍😁
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Carola J @carolaj.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Stop the world I want to get off.
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Carola J @carolaj.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Tbh I can’t tell one from another now. They’re all badged ‘Fugly’.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
"What do you mean 'good luck with the polar bear'? Where are you going?"
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Carola J @carolaj.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Deindustrialisation. Online isolation. Imho.
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Jeremy Cliffe @jeremycliffe.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
So a nail-biter of an evening awaits. *If* the exit poll is correct. What is certain: turnout was 84%, the highest of any election since German reunification.
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Pawel Swidlicki @pswidlicki.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Everything hinges on whether FDP & BSW stay under 5%. If so, GroKo is in play without also needing Greens, which you have to think is least worst scenario at this point
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GCSE Macbeth @gcse-macbeth.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Every teacher who leaves teaching -- and by all accounts retention is in a bad state -- is one who decided the "long holidays" aren't worth it.
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Alan Wager @dralanwager.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Really interesting data via @keiranpedley.bsky.social. Starmer: OK Badenoch: extinction-level dire Davey: an embodiment of the traditional Lib Dem brand Farage: de facto Leader of the Opposition
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James Moules @jamesmoules.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Six areas have been added to the government’s Devolution Priority Programme - paving the way for more mayor-led authorities. They are: • Cumbria • Cheshire & Warrington • Norfolk & Suffolk • Greater Essex • Sussex & Brighton • Hampshire & Solent
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Chris Prosser @caprosser.com · 27/01/2025
I think we should take this story from the Times today (and picked up by many other outlets) with an enormous pinch of salt for two reason (mini thread): www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art...
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Gen Z doubts about democracy laid bare in ‘worrying’ survey
More than half believe the UK should be a dictatorship and there’s a stark gender divide over equality, research for Channel 4 shows
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Tom Forth @tomforth.co.uk · 23/01/2025
It's not finished. This is just the outline. But I wrote about why North England is poor. Which it really really is. tomforth.co.uk/whynorthengl...
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Why North England is poor.
And why Thatcher is partly to blame, but not in the way most people argue.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
This is a David Brooks line about Trump but arguably applies to Musk as much (when stoned): "We’ve got this perverse situation in which the vast analytic powers of the entire world are being spent trying to understand a guy whose thoughts are often just six fireflies beeping randomly in a jar."
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Carola J @carolaj.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
It’s great - I’ve usually run one and love it. Had players teaching novices - lots of cross year group interaction. Was also a quiet space for kids who didn’t like the bustle of lunchtime. Gave out biscuits which some would turn up for initially 😆 - but then got into the game.
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Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
In a world full of Elon Musk wannabes, be a Matt Damon.
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Carola J @carolaj.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Yes same here 🤣
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Carola J @carolaj.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Last vid of Brighton Burning the Clocks…
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Carola J @carolaj.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Even more Brighton Burning the Clocks…
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Carola J @carolaj.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
More Brighton Burning the Clocks…
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Carola J @carolaj.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Brighton Burning the Clocks this eve…
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