It’s vital to engage parents of sensitive children, but there are challenges. This was really brought home to me when I was invited to discuss our whole school culture change project with the Pupil Welfare Manager of a Social, Emotional Mental Health provision for students with Education, Health and Care Plans and a diagnosis of […]
Education Can Bring Us Together – after 31st October
Education Can Bring Us Together – after 31st October
Educations’ Black Hole – A National Crisis
No self-esteem, no self-responsibility Our society is suffering from a lack of self-responsibility; a disease created by decades of Governmental self-interest, amongst other things. Educations’ black hole in the 4th Industrial Revolution is the skills gap; Artificial Intelligence can optimise but not create meaning that creative jobs are the only ones that are safe. There […]
An open letter to Sir Michael Wilshaw
OMG Sir Michael Wilshire please wake up I’m afraid you are a typical example of being part of a culture that has eroded self-responsibility from our society over the last few decades. You are out of touch with real people and do not understand the plight of what some families are struggling with. It’s likely […]
Knife crime and gang violence
Break the exclusions spiral Having watched the Education Committee Inquiry on Knife Crime it was clear a primary cause of the crisis is ‘exclusions’ from school, which creates a spiral of self-destruction and lost potential, for the life of the young person. A powerful solution is to create an ethos of trust and mutual respect […]
