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Change the mindset of the teacher

Change the mindset of the teacher

The issue of innovation, and entrepreneurialism, is a little like the issue of class size. Over the past few decades huge amounts of money have been spent to reduce class sizes with little to no positive effect on student learning. This is because, again, if you don’t...

The New Skills & Jobs of the Future

The New Skills & Jobs of the Future

 Predicting the skills necessary for future jobs begins with the obvious problem of specifying skills for jobs that do not currently exist. The World Economic Forum estimates that ‘up to 65 per cent of children entering primary school today are likely to work in jobs...

How well do grades convey student attainment and progress?

How well do grades convey student attainment and progress?

Today’s grades were developed as part of a particular approach to schooling that emerged with universal participation, large classes and the desire to treat all students equally. Under this approach, all students move along the same curriculum ‘conveyor belt’ at the...

A New School of Thought

A New School of Thought

Imagine NO classrooms, timetables or bells. Instead, students will decide for themselves what they want to learn and how they want to do it, with the support from mentors

Change to Continuous Feedback

Change to Continuous Feedback

Schools that move to this type of reporting will usually stop providing individual student subject comments on semester reports The main benefit of this model is that students and parents receive feedback in a ‘timely’ manner about how the child is progressing. Having...