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Gove vs Reality – the anger grows.

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

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Good grief – here we go again

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

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The trouble with normal…

…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

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The Triumph of Hope over Experience

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

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MOOC or something more real…

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

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        A Claires Court digital life March 2013 http://schl.cc/4     Preamble Claires Court has been using the current availability of machines ever since the modern era of computing in schools arrived.  That’s not to say, anything other than, currently we are … Continue reading

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The Vanity (or Narcissism*) of small differences

This is one of the great phrases that, once uncovered rolls around the mind and gathers stuff. As it’s half-term, dear reader, you’ll forgive me that indiscretion of listening to Radio 4 during the daytime. And sometime Monday morning, as I was … Continue reading

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‘Those who do not move, do not notice their chains.’ Rosa Luxemburg

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

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What the Pope gave up for Lent…

…playing with Fire. This stunning picture recorded a few hours after the Holy Father’s resignation from the Holy See gives a ‘Dan Brown Novel’s take on proceedings.  For those of you not familiar with Mr Brown’s Oeuvres, he writes mystery who-dunnits … Continue reading

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Burns Night, traffic, neighbours and our localism policy – something about the beef!

The other Saturday, Burns Night was an outstanding success; not only because of the wonderful food, wine and company, but as a fundraiser for our sports tours – providing the auction prize cash comes in – we will have raised over £4,000.  Well … Continue reading

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