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Meena Wood on curriculum reform, learning from other countries and flying the flag for FE

In the week that the general election was called, I bring you a timely conversation about some of the questions an incoming government needs

René Kneyber and Valentina Devid on the Power of Formative Action

TRAILER FULL VIDEO FULL AUDIO SHOW NOTES René Kneyber and Valentina Devid are two of the founders of Toetsrevolutie (Test Revolution), a...

Ife Obasa on representation, work experience… and God!

TRAILER FULL VIDEO FULL AUDIO SHOW NOTES Ife Obasa is an educational consultant, activist and sought-after speaker who advocates for...

Pausing (and rethinking) the conference

There won't be a Rethinking Education conference this year (2024). There almost was - we had a wonderful venue lined up, and we were...

Peter Higgin on the Power of Learning Through Immersive Play

TRAILER FULL VIDEO FULL AUDIO SHOW NOTES Peter Higgin is the Artistic Director and joint CEO of Punchdrunk Enrichment, a charity that...

"Civilisation rests on our shoulders!": Peps Mccrea on motivated teaching

TRAILER FULL VIDEO FULL AUDIO SHOW NOTES Peps Mccrea is an award-winning teacher educator, designer and author. He is Director of...

Fiona Millar on the marketisation of education

TRAILER FULL VIDEO FULL AUDIO SHOW NOTES This episode features a fascinating conversation with Fiona Millar, a journalist and campaigner...

"We've lost the plot": Ben Davis on creating schools that children want to go to

TRAILER FULL VIDEO FULL AUDIO SHOW NOTES In the last episode, almost 300 people tuned in to our first ever live podcast, when I was...

Fixing the Attendance Crisis with Naomi Fisher, Ellie Costello and Ben Davis

TRAILER FULL VIDEO FULL AUDIO SHOW NOTES Since the COVID pandemic, persistent absenteeism in England has more than doubled, from 10% to...

Eliza Fricker on parenting a child who can't - not won't - go to school

TRAILER FULL VIDEO FULL AUDIO SHOW NOTES Eliza Fricker is a talented writer and illustrator who has written three books: 'The Family...

Putting 'Beyond Ofsted' to the test with Lord Jim Knight

TRAILER FULL VIDEO FULL AUDIO SHOW NOTES Lord Jim Knight of Weymouth is a Labour member of the House of Lords with a strong interest in...

Calvin Henry on Ofsted - “It was brutal. Really brutal and unnecessary.”

TRAILER FULL VIDEO FULL AUDIO SHOW NOTES Until recently, Calvin Henry was the headteacher of St. Mark’s C of E Primary School in North...

How the EEF gets metacognition and self-regulation wrong - and why it matters

This blog post features an important, adapted extract from Fear is the Mind Killer. I discussed this in a recent podcast with Christian...

Practitioner research in 12 easy steps

Recently I was asked to make a one-page summary of practitioner research. I shared it on Twitter and it seemed to go down quite well, and...

Christian Bokhove on domain knowledge, generic skills and the maths wars

TRAILER VIDEO AUDIO SHOW NOTES Christian Bokhove is a Professor in Mathematics Education, University of Southampton. He is a specialist...

Rethinking Ed 2023

APOLOGY TO DR CUTHBERT - SUNDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER 2023 After the first Rethinking Education conference in 2022, an otherwise positive review...

Dave McPartlin: "It's not OK what Ofsted do to people" [#Repod S4E2]

TRAILER VIDEO AUDIO SHOW NOTES Dave McPartlin is the headteacher of Flakefleet Primary School in Lancashire. In this episode Dave speaks...

Ron Berger on 20 years of 'An ethic of excellence' - and ending the trad-prog debate!

TRAILER VIDEO AUDIO SHOW NOTES Ron Berger is Chief Program Officer for the non-profit school improvement network Expeditionary Learning,...

Dennis Sherwood on The Great Grading Scandal: 1 in 4 grades is WRONG!

TRAILER VIDEO AUDIO SHOW NOTES Dennis Sherwood is a management consultant who specialises in creativity, innovation, and systems...

Cat Place and Ty Golding on the Curriculum for Wales

TRAILER VIDEO AUDIO SHOW NOTES Ty Golding is the Headteacher of Holton Primary School, on Barry Island in South Wales. Ty has experience...