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I was reflecting recently that, in education, the client is not always right. When parents and stakeholders demand certain things...

Over the last few years, I’ve been exposed to many education debates. These debates have been about whether ‘holistic education’...

I’m always new to the International Baccalaureate (IB) system of education, although I’ve been studying it since 1998. But it...

It is a sad but enduring truth that sometimes some people think of a concept and then espouse it without...

The previous post was a basic analysis of why systems of mass education always lead to mass complaints. John Gatto...

As the population density rises, the habit of complaining about the system of education also rises. This is silly, but...

Over the last few years, I’ve been on a steady diet of books like Tyack & Cuban’s Tinkering Toward Utopia:...

There are three main kinds of news that you might end up reading — and by the way, you might...

Sometimes, people ask me stuff like, “What is the model on which you base your ideas about curriculum planning and...

I’ve met a number of coaches throughout my chequered career. They fall into a few types which bear mentioning. 1....

If you want to be a teacher, I suppose it would help to have a teaching philosophy – and the...

To answer that question, you’ll need to answer a few more questions and then consider the consequences of following through...

The future is rooted in the past; the present is that infinitesimally thin membrane between them. Thus it is that...