The Mark Scheme
@themarkscheme
Mark. North East England Maths teacher. Here for education, maths, whisky, F1, data science, politics, vibes, and cheese recommendations.
Coming tomorrow! Making sense of the so called 'relentless' GCSE resit cycle, the proposed Level 1 'stepping stones' and what about Functional Skills? #edusky
Some excerpts. I do make comment how the frenzy around the one individual school and magnification beyond relative footprint can cause problems in perspective...link in next post.
We need to stop talking about Michaela: It's now time for 'what next'? The name's a bit clickbaity. There's been some fallout since I wrote most of this, so want to clarify there is zero negativity towards the school, it has sustained excellence - we just need to look beyond. LINK IN 3RD POST
Pushing again - themarkscheme.co.uk/ks4-tech-ed/ Should schools need to think about regional needs? Does social mobility require geographical mobility? Is the KS4 to KS5 transition working as well as it could? (And is continually tinkering KS5 the way to fix it?) #edusky
In the fallout, conversation has swung to vocations and what are thought of as ‘trades’, but they aren't what make the announcement. Could it become that, of course, but those roles are generally self filling without intervention. The labour market focus suggests this is trying to do something else.
Confession time! I was in Birmingham on Saturday doing my part to uphold Great British culture...
We're probably a bit sick by now, but is the fallout to Edexcel A Level Maths Paper 1 justified? We're talking accessibility, the FA cup 4th round and what the reaction tells us about how to best prepare learners for exams... themarkscheme.co.uk/edexchell-20... #alevelmaths
Off-site today. Having to brave public transport, keeping myself occupied.
#mathstoday we found the last 2 digits of 6^607 and showed we were better than Google AI
What on Earth is this?!?! Even if this was true, how is this posting still remotely appropriate? What on Earth is going on in the world?
A certain ex-Newcastle united players "thoughts" cropped up on my timeline...led to a pipeline of some vile takes and what I assume can only be purposeful misrepresentation for a racist agenda
Today I have been made aware of the existence of The Furby Pope. I'm not sure what to do with this information?
People being obsessed with IQ and stealing the lexicon of game theory for EVERYTHING is just as much a trend, and just as annoying, as the appropriating of therapy language of yesteryear.
#mathstoday #alevelmaths Lots of year 12 today. Tried a new trig activity to try and drill approaches early + discussed our methods in y12 further maths
Still can't get over this picture of Kid Rock and Calvin Robinson in a hotel room, both looking like they're Chris Lilley characters