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“Make Your Bed” – Admiral William H. McRaven

Posted on 05/12/2024 by jameswilding

In his book, published in 2017, McRaven makes 10 suggestions, the subtitles being ‘Little things that can change your life…and maybe the world’. 7 years earlier, when he gave the commencement address to 8000 graduating students at the University of … Continue reading →

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“Those who say it can’t be done are usually interrupted by others doing it’ – James Baldwin

Posted on 29/11/2024 by jameswilding

The author of this quote, James Baldwin (1924-1987), was an American writer and civil rights activist. He was a prominent voice in the American Civil Rights Movement and is considered one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. His … Continue reading →

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Why developing a sense of Agency in children and young people is one of the main purposes of Education.

Posted on 10/10/2024 by jameswilding

Over recent years in England and across the Western World, there has developed an epidemic failure of the mental well-being of our children and young people. Employers talk openly about how young graduates entering the workplace have a sense of … Continue reading →

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Digital Newsletter – 7 October 2013 – Moving the curriculum on!

Posted on 07/10/2013 by jameswilding

  A separate newsletter is out this week to highlight our free unconference in Maidenhead and Manchester on Saturday 23 November, https://sites.google.com/a/clairescourt.net/isa-unconf/ to which Claires Court students and families are invited. In the meantime…This last week I have been away from … Continue reading →

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Politics is the oldest profession of them all…

Posted on 02/04/2012 by jameswilding

Regular readers of my various blogs here and elsewhere, know that I have no idea who can fathom Mr Gove’s next actions. Some seem entirely straightforward – GCSEs to return to a linear format as of Autumn 2012, which is … Continue reading →

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