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Book launch at Alma Park Primary School, Manchester

There will be a book launch for Overschooled but Undereducated on 24th February at 1:30pm, at Alma Park Primary School, Manchester.

Book Launches in Bath

Following the very successful Book Launches at Mr B’s Bookshop and St Stephen’s School, there will be a further Book Launch at St Mark’s School, Larkhall at 7pm on Thursday 11th February.

Antalya Symposium: Turkish Private Schools Association

Gloucester Association of Primary Heads’ Annual Conference

This is the set of slides which I had intended using with the Gloucestershire Heads. As it happened there was a technical problem when we ... Read on

The Initiative in Changing Times

A strategy document outlining the Initiative’s future aims particularly with regards to the pre-publication edition of John Abbott’s new book Overschooled but Undereducated: Society’s Failure ... Read on

John Abbott, Director

Current Positions John Abbott has been the Director of the British not-for-profit Trust Education 2000 – now known as The 21st Century Learning Initiative (UK) ... Read on

Janet Lawley, Fellow

Former teacher, headmaster and member of the United Kingdom’s National Curriculum Council. My teaching career began in 1960 and took me to schools in the ... Read on

Susanne Daws, Secretary

No information at present.

A Training Program for Those Seeking to Develop Agendas that Actively Support the Learning Needs of All Children

The Initiative’s extensive, international lecture programme presents a vision of new learning environments rooted in the latest research and best practice from around the world. ... Read on

Introduction to the Initiative’s Training Programme

Everyone taking this course will have already carefully considered the arguments set out in The Unfinished Revolution. They will broadly accept that new understanding about human learning should enable us to discuss how to create models of learning that “go with the grain of the brain”.