Sir Michael Barber

@MichaelBarber9

Chief Education Advisor, Pearson. Author, How to Run a Government, (published by Penguin 2015). Amateur cyclist, lover of history and the Devon landscape.

Devon, UK
Joined September 2011
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  1. 9h

    Trump is keeping everyone guessing over who will be in his cabinet, but our cartoonist has had a sneak peak

    President Trump's cartoon cabinet
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  2. 9h

    V good from Gavin Kelly as always. Workers on boards: the forward march of labour halted yet again via

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  3. 6h

    "White working-class" is a slippery term. But education levels, not income, predicted the Trump vote.

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  4. 6h

    Honoured School 21 hosted the launch of - merger of Future Leaders and Teaching Leaders. Now is the time for bold leadership.

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  5. 9h

    They were designed as cathedrals to steam

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  6. 12h

    Paddington station: a cathedral

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  7. 19h

    Oh dear. Really hard to be truly free and illiterate in our society. Reading is a spur to ambition and curiosity.

    Yesterday on a primary sch teacher advocating use of Minecraft said reading will lead children to 'a docile life of servitude'.
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  8. Nov 21

    Education and skills winning this vote...

    What’s the most important factor for boosting growth in your region?
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  9. Nov 21

    Technology is a bigger factor than trade in disappearing jobs

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  10. Nov 21

    Hard not to be moved by the work + are doing. From me and , for Fast Company:

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  11. Nov 20

    I’m leaving the FT and I want you to join me as a trainee teacher - here's my version of the story. via

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  12. Nov 20

    Spent my off season in the wind tunnel this year... hard work 😁

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  13. Nov 20

    Can I get a retweet?

    Today is Universal Children’s Day. Here at Link, we believe that all children should have the right to quality...
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  14. Nov 20

    The shock lessons for liberals from Brexit and the Trumpquake 'In politics there are no final victories'

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  15. Nov 20 Hillingdon, London

    For the first time in the last 10 years, I heard so many positive things about Pakistan from foreigners in my visit. Pakistan is on the up!

    261 retweets 489 likes
  16. Nov 19

    On this day in 1863, Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address. The history, language, and legacy of his speech:

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  17. Nov 19

    The four big tech trends in higher education via

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  18. Nov 19

    It’s no surprise that white working-class boys do badly at school

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  19. Nov 19

    The key to managing water better is to price it properly

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  20. Nov 18

    DAY3 Nov.24: as a Keynote Speaker! Joignez-vous à nous !

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