Chapter: Education
Unbundling education: an argument for ‘à la carte’ private school experiences
Will Orr-Ewing, Educationist and founder of Keystone Tutors
For centuries, education was predominantly a private pursuit in the UK, with the elite paying fees for formal schooling or private tutors. Other than those few who might be picked to sing at a local cathedral and receive schooling in return, the vast m …
Read the essayTeaching lessons through real life
Tim Baker, Primary school headteacher
Children need to be nurtured, valued and given the confidence to believe that they can achieve the things that school offers in their education. Schools can be strewn with posters saying, ‘You can achieve anything’ or ‘Believe it and you can do it’, an …
Read the essayGoing beyond the National Curriculum with an Explorer Curriculum
Joe Hallgarten, Teacher and CEO at the Centre for Education and Youth and Jo Franklin, ex-headteacher and CEO at The LETTA Trust
Since its introduction in 1988, every education minister has suggested that the National Curriculum,[i] the knowledge and skills that are mandated for state schools to teach, should never be the be-all and end-all of a school curriculum. Schools must h …
Read the essayArts in education – a necessity, not a luxury
Jo Rhodes, Dance artist, creative consultant and founder of Challenge 59 and the Co:Lab Collective
One summer’s day in 1999 I was celebrating achieving, much to the disbelief of some of my teachers, grade As in all of my A Level subjects. While gathered for a photograph with a local journalist, I vividly remember being pulled out of the frame at the …
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