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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
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Tagged asdan, cooperative, cooperative college, education, free school, freeschools, innovation, innovation unit, NSN, onschool, oxford, restart-ed, RSA academy, school provider, schools
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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
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Tagged education, freeschools, innovation, onschool, oxford, oxford new school, pearson, schools
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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
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Tagged edetech, education, hackschool, ICT, innovation, oxford, publishing, schools, teachmeet
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Young and Old – Traditionalists trash tech in teaching
Toby Young can be a prick. He also is smart, challenging, and worth paying attention to. But he is wrong about banning mobiles in school – and his views are hurting more than the debate about BYOD. I have read … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation
Tagged agitation, education, freeschools, ICT, innovation, LWF, onschool, toby young
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Innovation in Education is *not* ICT
I am asked about Innovation in Education quite a lot – partly because I have been involved in a lot of it! I have just been interviewed by Lisa Phillips, who is conducting a Master’s Dissertation at the University of Oxford … Continue reading
From the Geeks, to the Meeks
Who will determine the place and state of ICT and Innovation in the education system? This post, and the few to follow over the next few days, will explore the trends and mood around technology in schools. I want to … Continue reading
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
Posted in Events, Uncategorized
Tagged academies, academies show, academisation, education, freeschools, innovation, onschool, policy
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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