Lima, 1987. I was travelling in Peru. In a monastery, close to the Plaza de Armas, we were shown a…
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Why are we afraid of evaluation?
We, in public service, are all evaluated these days – performance appraisals, inspection, programme evaluations. We live under regimes…
A democratic alternative to Ofsted
Think of what it takes to provide a good education to hundreds of young people in your charge. Some do…
The error that is Ofsted
We’ve all been to school, spent the prescribed 15,000 hours in classrooms. We know them, right – schools and classrooms?…
Arguing over curriculum is healthy
In previous Blogs I argue that the purpose of schooling should be to support students to discover what, for them, makes…
