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SQA: Where's Our Say?

SQAOurSay

THREAD: 1 of 20Last week we wrote about how narrow the appeals process is this year. See the grounds in this article: https://www.tes.com/news/sqa-results-urgent-need-student-centred-appealsSQA have acknowledged that they only anticipate th

Dr. Akil Bello, MPA, MBA, PhD, DDS, Esq, PiMP

akilbello

Let's explore the biggest lie the testing agencies ever convinced America of: "without the SAT ACT, I would have never gotten into college, graduated, or had any future" (thread) You

My name is Scott and I'm a Tweetaholic

LostArcNZ

I'm a teacher. I'm voting yes on the cannabis referendum. I don't think it is harmless but I think the yes option is the best harm minimisation option. Reasoning:1. I

Matt Goodwin

GoodwinMJ

A short thread. Many institutions adopt an imbalanced or ‘asymmetric’ approach to diversity & inclusion. They focus overwhelmingly, & increasingly, on race/ethnicity, which is often seen as the only relevant

Claudia Sahm

Claudia_Sahm

nail in coffin of federal jobs policy: human capital economist (like Gary Becker) argued unemployment stemmed from disadvantaged *individuals* not market institutions, more training not more jobs needed. then folded

Solomon Kingsnorth

solomon_teach

6) This *is* what they did, but then the results are passed through so many layers of jargon and academic witchcraft that they end up sounding a million times worse

Cassie

Angry_Cassie

For anyone unfamiliar with it, Proctorio is a browser extension used to eliminate cheating through intense surveillance techniques. It records the computer screen while you take the exam to ensure

Tamara Cohen

tamcohen

Schools minister Nick Gibb is giving evidence to @CommonsEd on schools reopening.He says choice of primary kids first is because "we're very much led by the science. "Susceptibility to clinical

Simon Smith

smithsmm

Before we had the first lockdown parents voted with their feet and most schools especially ones in disadvantaged areas saw a huge attendance drop off. With all the press talk

The Voice of Marketing

LeboLion_SA

There is a very serious problem that we have in South Africa, where companies expect black talent to charge less and do more work than their white counterparts. They talk

Steve Schmidt

SteveSchmidtSES

There is a fight on in this country between fascism and democracy. @ProjectLincoln @JoeBiden. Biden stands for democracy and the ideas and ideals of the American Republic. @anneapplebaum. The pro

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

Donnchadhol

Have become aware of significant issues with delivery of school meals via An Post.My understanding is that in some parts of the country An Post have been totally overwhelmed by

Dario T #FBPE

tabooze

Remembering 4 years ago. I spoke to several English Brexiters who I thought were otherwise fine people. The main gist of their argument revolved about the Eastern Europeans turning up

Janette King

jannycat

Hansard April 1993: Lady Olga Maitland: "Such a programme, on a considerable scale, involving women born in the 1950s will take adjustment." "It is not a programme to be

Urban Geography

urbgeog

Time for a little on Climate Urbanism as an important new research agenda First up, @VaneBailo & @EnoraRobin propose the articulation of climate urbanism as a critical theory, exposing the

FFT

GypsyTravellers

Earlier this week, the @EHRC released a new report in their 'Is Britain Fairer?' series. Here's a summary of the points relating to Gypsies, Roma and Travellers in 'How coronavirus