Tag Archives: onschool
Loose threads in Oxford City schools
Based on my most recent work with schools in East Oxford, I have seen a huge opportunity to improve the coordination and collaboration between, and across schools in the city. There are too many loose ends, and those threads need … Continue reading
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Tagged atomicteachmeet, catalyst, education, innovation, onschool, oxford, schools, teachmeet
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Innovative Free Schools
The Innovation Unit has started a new project to find a way to increase the amount of innovative schools opening in the UK. I am pleased to say that they have asked me to be involved, partly as this project … Continue reading
Free to lead – An NCSL report on Free Schools
I have been getting to grips with the fantastic insights into the reality of opening a new school offered in a fascinating new report commissioned by the National College for School Leadership : Establishing and leading new types of school: challenges and opportunities … Continue reading
Posted in freeschools, Innovation
Tagged education, freeschools, innovation, john dunford, NCSL, NSN, onschool, schools, studio schools, UTCs, whole education
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Wanted: School provider progress for free schools
Wanted: The NSN to provide a forum to work through the School Provider model Wanted: Progressive Education Alliance In a previous post I argued for more school providers to step up, for Free Schools groups to work with to deliver … Continue reading
Posted in freeschools, Innovation
Tagged asdan, cooperative, cooperative college, education, free school, freeschools, innovation, innovation unit, NSN, onschool, oxford, restart-ed, RSA academy, school provider, schools
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We need more education providers – NOW!
We need more education providers – NOW! There are too few school providers working with free schools, and almost none that are in any way innovative and progressive. This must change. We need a counterbalance to religious groups and for-profit … Continue reading
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Tagged education, freeschools, innovation, onschool, oxford, oxford new school, pearson, schools
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Objection to divisive Faith School proposal
This is a public letter in response to the proposal to extend St Gregory the Great Catholic School to Primary provision . I object to this proposal as a local parent – as you can see. I also wanted to share … Continue reading
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Tagged catholic church, diocese of birmingham, education, faith schools, freeschools, onschool, oxford, Oxford County Council, schools
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RethinkingICT
My presentation and script for the #Rethinking ICT event on the 25th of June. Thanks to Chris Leach for organising and inviting me to talk, and for making this debate essential to all of us who care about EdTech. ” … Continue reading
Posted in Events, presentations and workshops
Tagged agitation, catalyst, education, ICT, national curriculum, onschool, policy, pupose/ed, rethinkingICT, schools
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Young and Old – Traditionalists trash tech in teaching
Toby Young can be a prick. He also is smart, challenging, and worth paying attention to. But he is wrong about banning mobiles in school – and his views are hurting more than the debate about BYOD. I have read … Continue reading
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Tagged agitation, education, freeschools, ICT, innovation, LWF, onschool, toby young
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A Poor Show for Academies
I have become increasingly disturbed about the Academies Show, which I attended recently. I went for three reasons: ONSchool, the free school proposal I am leading, would be an academy and I wanted to understand the broader context for the … Continue reading
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Tagged academies, academies show, academisation, education, freeschools, innovation, onschool, policy
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What’s in it for me? Part 3
What have I learned so far? Following my first two posts explaining why (and, almost more importantly, why not) I am involved in leading ONSchool, the proposal for a free school in Oxford, I want to answer a key question that follows … Continue reading
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Tagged freeschools, onschool, oxford, oxford new school
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