Tag Archives: schools
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
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
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
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
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
HackSchool
I want to tell you about a new project I believe you will want to support: <hack>school. In the past few years I have created two exciting projects. I set up and led BrainPOP in the UK, and am currently … Continue reading
Maven’s Map
I was blown away by this new visualisation tool on LinkedIn, called InMaps partly because it looks so good! I love LinkedIn, and try to only link with people I have actually met, worked with, or shared an event with. This means … Continue reading
What’s in it for me? Part 1
Why give up a great job to take on a project that has little hope of success, for no pay; risking reputation and friendships? In this blog post, and the next few, I hope to inform those who wonder what … Continue reading
ONSchool – New Project
I am instigating the proposal for a new school in Oxford. The Oxford New School – ONSchool. OK, no huge surprise for many. Especially if you read between the lines of a previous post – From Agitation to Proposition. To … Continue reading
National Curriculum Review ’11- Transition Group findings
Last night, I was part of an event to be part of the #NCR11 debate about the forthcoming National Curriculum Review. It was held in Oxford, and hosted by BrainPOP UK and Pearson, and the range and number of attendees … Continue reading