Great choice by Wootton Academy Trust!

Congratulations Mark Lehain.

Very thoughtful and interesting thread.

For someone who took all science and maths A-Levels to avoid having to write any essays, I sure do spend a lot of my time these days writing.

We’re all equal before the law - “the poorest he in England hath a life to live, as the greatest he”.

You can't beat a system designed to produce an odd couple sitcom boxset every 5 years.

Voted!

And though the tides of political fortune have shifted dramatically over the last five years, I stand by this piece: First Past the Post is by far the best system.

edrith.co.uk/p/in-defence-o…

Schools with effective phone bans are significantly more likely to be ‘Outstanding’ and have higher grades, found a report by Iain Mansfield. Children are not constantly distracted by the addiction of their phones and have chance to focus on their education. Jonathan Haidt

Voted!

And though the tides of political fortune have shifted dramatically over the last five years, I stand by this piece: First Past the Post is by far the best system.

edrith.co.uk/p/in-defence-o…

Miriam Cates - this is great, thank you. Please do invite members from all parties to be involved. This should definitely be a cross-party initiative.

My name is on there. The data on the impact on kids, particularly girls, is devastating.

Just 1 in 10 secondary schools has an effective phone ban (Policy Exchange). With Neil O'Brien MP & 60 Conservative MPs & Peers I‘ve written to the Prime Minister asking government to fund phone lockers in all schools so our children can be free to learn. mol.im/a/13373405

Brilliant expose by Committee for Academic Freedom on how mandatory EDI training courses at four prominent London Universities clearly violate OfS guidance against compelled speech. afcomm.org.uk/2024/04/28/lon…

The Office for Students (OfS) Queen Mary University of London UCL King's College London Imperial College London

I want to respond to this with a thread, because I don’t feel like a tweet will do it justice. I will share this screen grab in each tweet in the thread, so that people can see what I am responding to.

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Must watch for every parent!

Jonathan Haidt on what social media and lack of independent play is doing to our children.

1. This morning the Department for Business and Trade was blockaded by mainly masked protestors – all entrances and exits to the department were blocked.

Many police officers were present. Yet they stood by, taking no steps so people could access the building to go to work. Why? 🧵

📺 LIVE: The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness

With Professor Jonathan Haidt

In Conversation with David Goodhart 👇 twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Every parent should watch this! Jonathan Haidt's terrifying analysis on the problems with phones in schools.