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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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Innovation is…
“Innovation is an iterative process of substantial positive improvement, for the many, by a few.” I came up with this phrase today while thinking about what Innovation means to me. I define Innovation as ‘Substantial Positive Change’. What does it … Continue reading
Ian Livingstone is wrong
Prompted by @daibarnes , here is a summary of my views about the NextGen Report from NESTA, and Ian Livingstone’s comments in particular. I tweeted about this today – but Dai asked me to expand on this a little – … Continue reading
Where the hell have I been?
For the past few months I have been offline – not really on twitter, facebook, linkedin – or attending events, contributing to crowd sourced resources, commenting on blog posts, … For those of you who know me, you’ll know that … Continue reading
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Purpos/ed – 500 Words
I was really lucky to know a little about Purpos/ed before it was launched – as I had been talking to Doug about the role of parents in education – and we had been wondering how that might roll into … Continue reading
New Blog – New Year
Once upon a time I had a blog. Then I got a full time job at BrainPOP UK and I kinda let my poor blog rot. I have been so busy being social and chatty as part of BrainPOP that … Continue reading
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