James McEnaney
@MrMcEnaney
Journalist, author & former teacher | Buy some books: http://jamesmcenaney.co.uk/books/ | He/him | Very much my views
Twitter used to be great but it's clearly dying, so I'm mostly over at the over place these days. Come say hello!
Great article Thanks @MrMcEnaney @garyjwest @Enjoyyourpiping @LuathPress @ccfest
“What he did was give permission to try new things." Martyn Bennett book celebrates 'one of the great cultural figures of modern Scotland' heraldscotland.com/life_style/249… @MrMcEnaney
Russell Findlay has spent the last 2 days claiming that 1 in 7 pupils leaves school with no qualifications. It isn't even nearly true. heraldscotland.com/opinion/249883…
'We face barriers that make it much it harder for us to achieve the same things as other people' heraldscotland.com/opinion/248654… @MrMcEnaney @Falkirkchamps
An important article co-authored by @MrMcEnaney and Falkirk CHAMPS. ‘And the thing is, when you do find someone who seems to understand, it tends to feel like you’ve found an individual who gets it – the system itself, though, definitely doesn’t.’ heraldscotland.com/opinion/248654…
@MrMcEnaney and I are wrapping up our visit to Mull investigating the Mull Campus Project. The project is complicated, emotional and we spent days visiting communities trying to understand. But what we learned most is that there's no understanding the island until you're on it
Unelected council officers tried to push through the mothballing of a rural nursery without the involvement of councillors - almost a year to the day since plans to mothball a high school were thrown out by elected reps.
Council pauses temporary nursery closure after pushback heraldscotland.com/news/25040274.… Exclusive by @stell_garrett and @MrMcEnaney
That's what I get for trying to use @ScotRail I guess. It was a stupid idea really.
Martyn Bennett still "key patron" of digital folk culture. says @MrMcEnaney heraldscotland.com/life_style/249… @heraldscotland
BREAKING Calls to pause Mull school project as site decision looms heraldscotland.com/news/24986693.… @MrMcEnaney
'If the SQA do truly want to be seen as an open and transparent organisation then they should publish the report' heraldscotland.com/news/24980767.… @MrMcEnaney
'It helped me massively with my confidence' Scholarship and tutoring programme supported by Scotland’s tech industry to be expanded after early success heraldscotland.com/news/24961556.… @MrMcEnaney
BREAKING The Scottish Govt says it's open to "any proposed changes" to the bid for a new school on Mull... ...but council officials say they've been told that talks will not lead to any extra funding for a split site, leaving the option unaffordable. heraldscotland.com/news/24963360.…
I'm especially proud of the work @MrMcEnaney and I put into this series and grateful to @heraldscotland for giving the families who trusted us a platform. There is still a big question to be answered, so we aren't done quite yet.
You can catch up with every article from all three days of the series HERE: heraldscotland.com/news/education… @MrMcEnaney @stell_garrett
'Places like Mull aren't remote to the people who live here' Education specialist James McEnaney has been in Mull for a three-day series. READ MORE: heraldscotland.com/news/24947056.… @MrMcEnaney
I was at this meeting, and the strength of feeling amongst those attending was very clear.
I recently hosted a well-attended public meeting to discuss the issues that families have experienced following the withdrawal of school transport in North Lanarkshire. Today I have written to the council leader with a series of questions from concerned parents.🧵
"How can I live like that?" 'Abandoned': Teachers slam council primary school recruitment plans heraldscotland.com/news/24919374.… @MrMcEnaney
Huge thanks to @MrMcEnaney for writing this excellent piece about @ReadingCafePod in @heraldscotland. shorturl.at/j3apF The next episode with @PariThomson is out on @WorldBookDayUK and we‘re currently working on The Reading Cafe LIVE + other exciting things! #keepreading
How student journalism gave pupils a voice and built a new school community heraldscotland.com/news/education… @MrMcEnaney