Daniel Bundred 🦡

The most compelling reason to pay the license fee is to see how this plays out. What will be discovered in Mar A Lago? Does US libel law require meaningful reputational damage? Will a US court rule that it's possible to further defame a convicted rapist? Will Trump take the stand? Great TV.

🧵 BIG NEWS: I'm launching a new podcast! Making Change Stick: The Art and Science of School Improvement is for anyone who has watched a brilliant new idea implemented with great fanfare, only to fizzle out with in a few short months. (And that's basically everyone in education). (1/7)

Brendan O'Neill massively outperforming the sector in identifying imminent legislation that we haven't heard of, to tackle something that isn't happening, to the shock of colleagues we've never met.

I came to a similar conclusion through the lens of telecoms infrastructure: learnwhatyoulive.substack.com/p/the-hows-o... And actually I think this holds *even if* you believe that the current system isn't working well. It's still important enough to be very careful what you mess with.

New. What those who find learning easiest can learn from those who find it hardest. I worked hard on this. bennewmark.wordpress.com/2026/10/15/w...

As far as I can tell, the first parliamentarian to swear their oath on a book other than the Bible was in 1858. Matt Goodwin is bringing us a culture war from the middle of the nineteenth century. I think he should move on.

Trump sanctioning the ICC because he's upset that he didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize is simultaneously very funny, and a very compelling case for governments across the world to abandon Microsoft software.

There's a lot of talk about whether we can trust PISA scores or not. PISA is not the only international test. TIMSS & PIRLS test reading, maths, science too. England is the only country outside East Asia to come in the top 10 on them. More here. substack.nomoremarking.com/p/what-is-go...

🎼"They've been to PSG, And Napoli, Real Madrid And Rome... Now they're off to Rotherham, And Crawley Town at hooome, Crawley Town at home."🎶 [Tune: Rotterdam by Beautiful South]

Tom Harwood seems to be the first ever possessor of a world map with distances shown on a logarithmic scale.

Manchester City should ask the electorate of Clacton if they are guilty or not.

I'm making a documentary about the RLNI situation and I am contacting various organisations. However I thought I'd turn to bluesky as well, I'm looking to interview people either connected to the RNLI, to refugees/those working with refugees and also with counter-protestors. Please share.

Tickets are now on sale for #BrewEdBrum - Nov 28th Cherry Red Cafe Birmingham 11:00 a.m. till 5:00 p.m. Speakers, conversations, lunch, drinks, quiz, rucksack - proper job. eepurl.com/z-HWvZT1yK

Stand by to grab your Golden Ticket to #BrewEdBrum - We'll be sharing the link to buy tickets on Friday. Keep an eye on LinkedIn, Bluesky and Twitter as we'll be getting it out at the same time on all platforms. We have forty tickets to sell and they will go in a flash!

Network, I really need your help with some trainee student placements. I'm supporting 5 secondary trainees, in North West London, who need schools for the year! 1 x Chemistry 1 x Maths 1 x Biology 1 x Art 1 x Business Can anyone in my network help? If you know anyone in that area, please tag!

People asking when they can have a BrewEd in THEIR city; the answer is simple - If you build it, they will come. #BrewEd #FieldOfDreams

As I keep pointing out, does no one understand Ricardian comparative advantage anymore. FACT: China produces over 1 million engineering graduates per year FACT: To date, China has not produced a single internationally marketable game show format Where does it look like our advantage lies?

It's just weird isn't it when the British Museum is running a sold-out exhibition, when The Odyssey reports $1billion at the box office, when the V&A has just opened the most innovative and accessible museum model in Europe....and this is what our minister for research comes out with.

Yes, it's happening! Save the date and look out for the ticket link coming soon. #BrewEdBrum - Cherry Red Café, central Birmingham, November 28th.

If your idea of patriotism is calling any member of the RNLI, an entirely voluntary organisation whose crews daily risk their lives to save others, a traitor, then you are beyond hope of redemption.

NEW: The latest international education comparisons from PISA 2025 have just been published Scores in England remain high relative to other countries – while in many other countries, scores are falling Across the UK, scores remain lowest in Wales www.gov.uk/government/p... @theifs.bsky.social

One reason England does so well is our second generation immigrants outperform their peers which is not true in most OECD countries. We are also very good at integration. And it's v sad that this is never acknowledge in debates on immigration.

Why can't some children read well after 11 yrs of school? Some argue it is deprivation, lack of intelligence, poor motivation, presumed disabilities or parenting. In this podcast, we show how those beliefs don’t hold water & that teaching is the solution. Thanks to @daisychristo for her expertise.

Standard of political discourse in the US remains high.

“Primaries are a rare example of an English public policy success. We risk undermining that success by making them compensate for state failures elsewhere.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It’s just depressing. Further education has been cut to ribbons. Higher education is in crisis. Labour turns its eyes to the bit of the education system which is turning out the highest literacy rates in the western world and goes “that’s the bit that needs to change”

New from me: Britain’s graduate earnings premium is falling, cue “too many go to university!” But non-university outcomes are also bad, cue “we must reform vocational routes!” Both miss the point: people used to think education drove economic outcomes, but the economy drives educational outcomes.