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A School that Fits: Public Meeting 9th July, 2010

July 27, 2010

Q and A from a public meeting held on 9th July, 2010, concerning St. Mark’s School in Larkhall.

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The growing interest in the nature of adolescents

July 22, 2010

Since the Public Meeting on the 9th July I have been asked many questions about the significance in the changes in the adolescent brain. I am now putting up four Papers on Adolescence from our archives

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The Centre for Urban Education CUE, Manchester Metropolitan University

July 12, 2010

This Powerpoint presentation contains all the slides I would have used had there been time at that most interesting conference held at The Lowry Gallery on Thursday 8th July for people from the Centre for Urban Education.

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A School that Fits

June 29, 2010

In a continuing effort to raise community awareness about the potential all-through school in Larkhall, Bath, a new paper has been published entitled Now that we know how Children and Adolescents Learn, isn’t it time we designed a School that Fits.

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Withington Girls’ School Independent Study Project, Manchester

June 17, 2010

“How Humans Learn: An Introduction”

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Public Meeting, Larkhall, Bath

May 6, 2010

A public meeting will be held to set out our alternative proposal to the potential closure of St. Mark’s Secondary School at the New Oriel Hall on Saturday the 22nd May.

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Larkhall’s Children

May 6, 2010

The Initiative is publishing a community newsletter to galvanise debate amongst the people of Larkhall, Bath, as their secondary school (St. Mark’s) faces closure.

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St Anne’s Academy, Victoria, Canada : Ministry of Education

March 24, 2010

This was a return visit, following the various lectures that I had given earlier in the month in the Gulf Islands and at Saanich and Comox.

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A Trio of Manchester Book Launches

March 10, 2010

The first and the third of these Book Launches were quite informal and involved a relatively small number of people. The second, that at Manchester Metropolitan University, was the first time in which more books were sold than the actual number of people attending! That is a wonderful record to hold.

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Comox (School District 71) British Columbia, Canada

March 5, 2010

A Presentation was made to a select number of school administrators and teacher leaders in Comox, on the afternoon of the 5th March which used some of the slides from the presentation made earlier at Salt Spring.

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