Author Archives: jameswilding

 http://goo.gl/ObzP0 takes you to the text plus pictures! If you are old enough, you’ll remember the great Frankie Howerd. “Infamy, Infamy, they’ve all got it in for me”.  Here’s Frankie speaking  at the Oxford Union in 1990 – it all kicks off … Continue reading →

Regular readers of my blog know that I find myself as often as not wondering  from where does Mr Gove gets his policies and his evidence?  I am indebted to the same readers for keeping me up-to-date, though it must … Continue reading →

With the news from the states being so rotten at present, I fear clicking on the BBC news button in case of jinxing something worse to happen.  Sadly, beyond the news button on the BBC webpage is the Education button, … Continue reading →

…is it always gets worse – Bruce Cockburn (1981) I won’t be the only one who is unfamiliar with the musical ouevres of the Canadian singer song-writer, Bruce Cockburn, but I like this quote lots*.    Today (at the time … Continue reading →

I have recently come across the writings of another headteacher, John Tomsett, in which he refers to some difficult classes he is currently teaching, illustrates his actions with some graphic detail, and suggests that by taking on the children at … Continue reading →

I am not the only educator to be drawn in principle to the Massive Open On-line Course structure that the American Ivy Leaf and now UK Universities are making available to students across the world. In many ways it seems a no-brainer … Continue reading →

A NotebookLLM conversation on this article can be found here: https://schl.cc:443/gp Throughout the ages, philosophers have highlighted that man imprisons himself within his own petty conventions and behaviours. Plato’s original Allegory of the Cave has us picture slaves tethered to a wall and, … Continue reading →