On 'The Anxious Generation' by Jonathan Haidt, from the perspective of an English teacher:

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Two tickets left for the English Meet on Wednesday evening.

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Great selection of new #Fiction #eBook titles just added to our Digital Library on Sora. Something for everyone. Check them out!
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It is with immense sadness that Pan Macmillan announces the death of C.J. Sansom at the age of 71. buff.ly/4devMmF

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Teacher Hacks English by Haili Hughes and Stuart Pryke is now available for pre-order 🤩 John Catt Educational from Hodder Education

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Bob Cox Jennifer Webb Chris Curtis Stephanie Keenan Alex Quigley Pie Corbett Robert Eaglestone Barbara Bleiman 🎓 Education is Conversation My review for Schools Week
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4 years 💔 There are no words adequate to describe how much I miss you. What a long, relentless journey grief is. And yet I feel your love and encouragement every day guiding me. Sharing your beautiful poem Amber which resonates so much today.

On 'The Anxious Generation' by Jonathan Haidt, from the perspective of an English teacher:

juliangirdham.com/blog/on-jonath…

Ruled by an ineffectual leader, Britain is trying to break away from the rest of Europe, while a power-hungry figure plots to put a dangerous idiot in charge, by any means necessary. Shakespeare’s Cymbeline - Drama on 3, 8pm BBC Radio 3 catch up BBC Sounds bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

My book, ‘Teaching One-Pagers: Evidence-Informed Summaries for Busy Educational Professionals’ is out via John Catt Educational from Hodder Education in a few weeks. It contains over 55 summaries that do ALL of the above. ☝️

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The 40 finest edu-threads from the last 4 months:

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This is the fallow week for The Fortnightly. Back next Saturday with lots more interesting reading and writing, including Jonathan Haidt and Thi Bui, and plenty of teaching and learning too.

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🐎 'Both a work of extraordinary compassion and a really great novel.' Ann Patchett
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The Horse by Willy Vlautin is a poetic, deeply moving story about what it really takes to be a musician. One to watch, out next week.

Correctly implemented technology can and does routinely support teaching and learning. But the notion that mobile phones in schools solve more problems than they create is for the birds.

Claire Keegan's 'Small Things Like These': free webinar on teaching the novel, via Tralee Education Support Centre on Tuesday 10th September at 7.00pm.

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'King Lear' - Free webinar at 7.00pm on Tuesday 7th May, of particular interest to Leaving Certificate teachers.

Part of the English Community of Practice series with Joe Rolston via Wexford Education Support Centre.

Register:
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I’m waiting for Jonathan Haidt ‘The Anxious Generation’ to arrive (thanks for pointing it out, SCC English).
In the meantime, I’m reading ‘Bad Therapy’, by Abigail Shrier
A fascinating read, for sure.