Shane Leaning
I help leaders grow confident, high-impact schools - Best-selling author & chart-topping podcaster
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- Apparently book sales of Wuthering Heights have gone by 469%. I can’t wait to see what people make of the mad, twisted and decidedly not romantic nature of Heathcliff and Cathy’s relationship.

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- Now do #Bluesky. 😂
- Trump job approval rating by news platform 🟢 Twitter/X: +9 🔴 Facebook: -7 🔴 Cable TV: -10 🔴 Podcasts/YouTube: -14 🔴 Local TV: -17 🔴 Instagram: -21 🔴 Broadcast TV: -28 🔴 TikTok: -28 🔴 Newspapers/news sites: -33 🔴 Reddit: -40 www.theargumentmag.com/p/twitter-is...
- The most effective part of PD is the one we all avoid: rehearsal. We'll read about techniques, discuss them, plan to use them. But practise out loud in front of colleagues? No thanks. That awkward practice is what actually sticks. What's stopping it in your school? 👀 buff.ly/rSKzFMq
- I get the sentiment (and agree in part), but it's an over-statement / simplification to say it's the *most* effective part of PD. It *might* be, for *some* areas of practice, but it's just one part of a toolkit. Not all techniques can, or need to be, 'practised out loud'
- I don't agree with everything in this paper, but it sets out some good arguments around the over-emphasis of deliberate practice in teacher training: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
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- We’re hiring @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social! Come and join our team of researchers to work across two cool projects with really exciting, unique data. This role involves engaging with practitioners and employers regularly for high impact research. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQK316/p...
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- In 2025, as Bluesky grew from 25M to 42M users, we took actions to keep it welcoming, using proactive design to reduce toxic content by 79%. Our 2025 Transparency Report shares how we're building a safer platform while keeping a transparent and human-centered approach: bsky.social/about/blog/0...
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- #21CLHK26 is delighted to have Shane Leaning @leaningshane to speak on “How to Lead Change Teachers Won’t Roll Their Eyes At” 21cl.link/lead-change-tips 😄🚀 Learn practical leadership strategies that make change meaningful, credible, and engaging for teachers
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- I am *super excited* to be working with @hywelroberts.bsky.social on a new programme for teachers and school leaders. It combines Hywel's pedagogy of botheredness with my implementation know-how to create classrooms where kids get properly stuck in - by design. If you're interested, click below
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- Ground rules sound boring until you realise they're the difference between honest feedback and everyone protecting their job. Five-minute interviews create safety for disagreement. James Mannion breaks it down: buff.ly/7llOyoW
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- Lunch with a legend
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