199. Unpopular Opinions, Draconian Policies, and a SATs Week Rant

"What's the biggest thing you two actually disagree on?" One listener has clocked the I agree, I agree tic and wants a proper scrap, so Dylan and Hayden dig into the teaching vs non-teaching divide and find it's spikier than either expected.

Then a brave question lands. Should politics be explicitly taught in KS2? The boys weigh up whether ten year olds can handle it, who gets to decide what counts as balanced, and what happens when a kid asks the question you really didn't want them to ask.

Next, draconian behaviour policies. Listeners have sent in the ones that humiliated children or just made no sense, and some of these are hard to hear without wincing.

A one form entry teacher wants to know how on earth setting could work in her school, and the lads have a proper crack at it rather than dodging.

Plus the SATs week ask that will make every Year 6 teacher's eye twitch. Revising all afternoon for the next day's test, every day. Reasonable prep or completely ridiculous?

And to finish, the question with teeth. What's your real, unpopular education opinion. The one that might genuinely cost you a listener.

Honest, funny, and not in the mood to play nice today.

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