Getting educated about education, some publishing about publishing, a lot of reading about reading, co-founder of NISSEM.org, vice-president of IARTEM.org ... https://nissem.org/blog/adjusting-the-flag-and-baring-the-soul/2841/https://bsky.app/profile/andysmart.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/andysmart.bsky.social/post/3lojcyekdfs2dNDAs can silence victims of abuse & harassment. Let's change this! Sign the petition to ensure the Employment Rights Bill bans NDAs in cases of misconduct. #StopAbusiveNDAs #EmploymentRightsBill https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-employers-covering-up-abuse-1?source=bluesky-share-email-button&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=bluesky06 May 2025 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:txm2btesegbs5ypdw7sltgiu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lojcyekdfs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/andysmart.bsky.social/post/3lmdn6vxra22y"Building an automated tool to profile people as violent criminals is deeply wrong, and using such sensitive data on mental health, addiction and disability is highly intrusive and alarming.” https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/08/uk-creating-prediction-tool-to-identify-people-most-likely-to-kill?CMP=share_btn_url08 Apr 2025 23:34 +0000at://did:plc:txm2btesegbs5ypdw7sltgiu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmdn6vxra22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/andysmart.bsky.social/post/3llre5xnw4c2kPrivate companies are polluting our rivers, hiking up bills, and failing to deliver. 82% of us want public ownership – let’s make it happen. If you're in the UK please sign the open letter... 👉 https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/put-public-ownership-of-water-back-on-the-table?source=bluesky-share-button&utm_campaign=blast103508&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=bluesky&share=ea523a12-17aa-4e53-986a-ea1b77f5c82f01 Apr 2025 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:txm2btesegbs5ypdw7sltgiu/app.bsky.feed.post/3llre5xnw4c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/andysmart.bsky.social/post/3llrdsjfv3s23Private companies are polluting our rivers, hiking up bills, and failing to deliver. 82% of us want public ownership – let’s make it happen! Please sign the open letter! 👉 https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/put-public-ownership-of-water-back-on-the-table?source=bluesky-share-button&utm_campaign=blast103508&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=bluesky&share=70c429dd-b037-4d9d-a661-e4ae5dee749201 Apr 2025 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:txm2btesegbs5ypdw7sltgiu/app.bsky.feed.post/3llrdsjfv3s23https://bsky.app/profile/andysmart.bsky.social/post/3lki64eulfk2z50 years on ... https://youtu.be/zD745mgWMcM?si=DWzoQG6cv2xFmXvg16 Mar 2025 07:57 +0000at://did:plc:txm2btesegbs5ypdw7sltgiu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lki64eulfk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/andysmart.bsky.social/post/3lkhyer36vk2zhttps://www.thetimes.com/life-style/parenting/article/these-are-the-best-picture-books-in-the-world-5vwvpwg9l16 Mar 2025 06:14 +0000at://did:plc:txm2btesegbs5ypdw7sltgiu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkhyer36vk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/andysmart.bsky.social/post/3ljz7pqtmpk2d"And yet. And yet. Behaviorism and behavioral engineering are still everywhere, particularly in computing – and even, for all the talk about its modeling of "the mind," in artificial intelligence." @audreywatters.bsky.social https://2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/agents-versus-agency/?ref=second-breakfast-newsletter10 Mar 2025 09:15 +0000at://did:plc:txm2btesegbs5ypdw7sltgiu/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljz7pqtmpk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/andysmart.bsky.social/post/3ljlbrmtrk22fWilliams says she wants all pupils to be able to make choices, to ask questions and have an opinion, and the oracy project empowers them to do that. “The statistics about the literacy levels of young offenders are real.” https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/mar/02/inside-the-london-reception-class-where-kids-are-taught-to-talk-to-help-them-stay-out-of-gangs?CMP=share_btn_url04 Mar 2025 20:15 +0000at://did:plc:txm2btesegbs5ypdw7sltgiu/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljlbrmtrk22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/andysmart.bsky.social/post/3ljg7gqlnpk2qPlease sign: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-the-government-from-spying-on-all-of-our-bank-accounts?source=bluesky-share-email-button&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=bluesky02 Mar 2025 19:50 +0000at://did:plc:txm2btesegbs5ypdw7sltgiu/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljg7gqlnpk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/andysmart.bsky.social/post/3lj5c3mtqfk2y"The problem we seem to be facing is not a whole generation of autocratic young people but a complex question answered quickly in online polls and hugely overinterpreted in subsequent reporting." https://theconversation.com/only-6-of-gen-z-actually-favour-dictatorship-not-half-as-some-reports-would-have-you-believe-250945?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=bylineblueskybutton27 Feb 2025 06:43 +0000at://did:plc:txm2btesegbs5ypdw7sltgiu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj5c3mtqfk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/andysmart.bsky.social/post/3lj2ut6fics2nWhat a wonderful conversation about curriculum, compassion, curiosity and creativity. https://soundcloud.com/rethinking-ed-podcast/hope-joy-belonging?utm_source=www.filesusr.com&utm_campaign=wtshare&utm_medium=widget&utm_content=https%253A%252F%252Fsoundcloud.com%252Frethinking-ed-podcast%252Fhope-joy-belonging26 Feb 2025 07:41 +0000at://did:plc:txm2btesegbs5ypdw7sltgiu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj2ut6fics2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/andysmart.bsky.social/post/3li7subzggc25"this is a government of the radicalised online right, for the radicalised online right, by the radicalised online right" [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Feb 2025 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:txm2btesegbs5ypdw7sltgiu/app.bsky.feed.post/3li7subzggc25https://bsky.app/profile/andysmart.bsky.social/post/3lhvdltfyvk24"I haven’t encountered a single application that hasn’t requested psychometric testing” [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Feb 2025 09:24 +0000at://did:plc:txm2btesegbs5ypdw7sltgiu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhvdltfyvk24https://bsky.app/profile/andysmart.bsky.social/post/3lhnicamuc22cI am not a legal specialist at all but this seems a powerfully argued article with concrete suggestions for systemic improvements https://theconversation.com/lucy-letby-case-the-problems-with-expert-evidence-249309?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=bylineblueskybutton08 Feb 2025 06:27 +0000at://did:plc:txm2btesegbs5ypdw7sltgiu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhnicamuc22chttps://bsky.app/profile/andysmart.bsky.social/post/3lgti2o4ygs2o"Children might sometimes do very bad and stupid things, but they are not so stupid that they can’t see they live in a country where the gulf in opportunities is quite staggering." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/28/generation-z-dictators-better-than-democracy-uk?CMP=share_btn_url28 Jan 2025 22:13 +0000at://did:plc:txm2btesegbs5ypdw7sltgiu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgti2o4ygs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/andysmart.bsky.social/post/3lgslfrprgk2rCritical messages need to offer hope. "Many decision makers might not be open to hearing about bad news." [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jan 2025 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:txm2btesegbs5ypdw7sltgiu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgslfrprgk2r