05 December 2022
We won coverage in every national newspaper with our Big SATs Sit-In event, inviting MPs in Westminster and parents in schools all over the country…
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20 November 2022
Our speedy briefings take just five minutes to deliver, meaning we’ve reached more than 40 MPs and Peers…
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21 June 2021
How do you create a social media film that goes viral and gets more than 2.4 million views in a few short weeks?
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21 June 2021
We received some positive feedback on a recent interview Can Can founder Alison Ali did with Julia Hartley-Brewer about SATs and other high-stakes government assessments of primary-aged children.
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21 May 2021
On the More Than A Score campaign, we have been working hard over the last few months to build unity of opinion amongst all major stakeholders and policy influencers in the arena of primary assessment – ie SATs and other high-stakes, high-pressure statutory tests.
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21 May 2021
This month Can Can worked with fellow parent campaigners from Save Our Schools and other groups to launch a vibrant new campaign called #TurnThePage. Their short, sharp, 30-minute online rally saw parents from across the country gather to hear Michael Rosen, 13-year-old Aisha, a head teacher and Can Can founder Alison Ali talking about what […]
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01 March 2021
By Alison Ali There’s a lot of unintentional harm caught up in all the talk about the seven-month learning gap and the urgent need to catch up on the best part of a school year lost to Covid. You’d think there needs to be a mad dash to bring every child back up to where […]
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26 January 2021
Seven years ago, I spent New Year with my friend Artemy Troitsky and family in their dacha near Moscow. At that time, Artemy was one of Russia’s most well-known political commentators, an arch-critic of Putin and other oligarchs and a lifelong campaigner for social and political justice. He was also a rock music academic and […]
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07 January 2021
By Maxine Thomas-Asante While Trump insisted he would “ never concede” his loss of the US Presidential election, history was being made with the outcome of the US Senate race. On 5 January, many Georgians eagerly awaited the outcome of their latest trip to the ballot boxes. But didn’t they just have their election? American […]
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06 January 2021
Today we are celebrating a massive win for Can Can and the More Than A Score Drop SATs 2021 campaign! Gavin Williamson has finally seen sense and said this year’s SATs and other formal assessments will be cancelled. His announcement comes after many months of hard campaigning by Can Can and the More Than A […]
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