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Hidden Connections
Seeing Clearly “Education is the ability to perceive the hidden connections between phenomena,” wrote Vaclav Havel the President of the Czech Republic, a man once ... Read on
1 Comment »How Old is Old?
Using imagination Nearly twenty years ago I remember one Sunday morning when we dallied a few minutes after the service to show our sons the ... Read on
No Comments »Reading is not my preferred learning style
A crisis in the making It was a three-day residential conference during which some 60 headteachers were exploring the significance of new research into learning ... Read on
No Comments »On the evidence of three men (plus one)
Fit to trade The latest report from Ofsted will no doubt be quoted, selectively, by government as an endorsement of its policies. There has been ... Read on
No Comments »Buying Votes
Failure of leadership William Hogarth’s set of four satirical cartoons, Canvassing for Votes, published in 1758, showed prospective parliamentary candidates pouring beer down the throats ... Read on
No Comments »Best for my Child
Everyone’s Children Some years ago I wrote a short Paper on the relationship of education to democracy. It read: “To send your child to the ... Read on
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Who learns from whom? The Chief Rabbi hit the headlines earlier this month when he accused Europeans of caring more about shopping than spirituality, and ... Read on
No Comments »The Newlyn School
The Wonder of Learning Only recently have I come to know the far west of Cornwall. My curiosity was first tweaked when I read the ... Read on
No Comments »The Old Violin
Makes you think Frank Liptrot became a lay-reader in the Church of England when I was three years old. He died only two months ago. ... Read on
No Comments »Chief Bureaucrat?
Political Banana Skins The BBC series Yes Minister was some of the finest political satire ever seen on television. Hacker (Paul Eddington) infuriated his Permanent ... Read on
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