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Mark Bick @markbick.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

The Conservative opposition are claiming that changing the National Curriculum would reduce the quality of education and that taking away the freedom of academies to not follow the National Curriculum would also reduce the quality of education! Nonsense! theconversation.com/academies-ha...?

theconversation.com

Academies haven’t raised pupil achievement – there’s no need for them to have privileges that other schools do not

Academy schools are no better at raising attainment than the schools they replaced.

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Mark Bick @markbick.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

New report from Christian Aid underlines the deep dishonesty of those in leadership who claim that cutting back measures to tackle climate change will save money. www.christianaid.org.uk/resources/ou...

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Counting the Cost 2024: A year of climate breakdown - Christian Aid

The shocking cost of the world's worst claimed disasters in 2024 revealed.

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Mark Bick @markbick.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

I have been shocked at how misinformed debate instigated by someone in America, can take over the headlines in the UK. It also seems that some politicians are using this to try to score points, which I find despicable. theconversation.com/i-worked-on-...

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I worked on the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse – here’s what Elon Musk is missing

An expert lays out the facts about child sexual abuse in the UK and online.

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