It's the middle of the Easter holidays, and Emma and Tom enjoyed recording the last holiday special for Christmas so much that they've decided to do another one!

This time there's a bit more of an educational theme, but a change to the format: Emma and Tom both bring a blog post, a tweet and a story about a teacher into the studio, and neither of them is letting the other have any advance warning of the content...

Emma has an uplifting blog post, a tweet that's a perfect summation of an accountability culture gone mad, and a story of pupil protest, quietly aided and abetted by subversive teachers. Tom plays true to form by starting off firmly on the rails with a blog post about dealing with work overload, and then veers off into the unexpected with a tweet about how to tell if someone is truly powerful, and a news story about an idea for a lesson that can only be described as insane. Emma hangs on for what she describes as a 'white-knuckle ride' of content, musing on whether Tom's about to get them both sacked - so a normal day at the podcast office, then!

If you'd like to take a look at the content that inspired today's episode (and many thanks to all the people responsible for writing it!), please do take a look at the links below:

Tom Sherrington: Overloaded? Out of Control? Press the Reset Button.

Martin Robinson: Cultural Mobility

Ed Morrish: Power

Annie Black: Horror Stamper

Fake Ambitious Assistant Head: Differentiation

The Telegraph: Crazy Lesson Idea

Zapataforever: Protests

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See you next time!

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This episode was recorded in studio B1.12 at Cardiff Metropolitan University's Cyncoed campus on 8th April 2019