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Digital Strategy & AI

27 March, 2026

The Return of the Specialist: What AI Means for Teaching Expertise

In almost every school I visit, there is a teacher whose classroom is the epitome of good practice: great delivery, students engaged, genuinely curious, asking questions that catch you off…

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Teaching & Learning

28 October, 2025

From Dots to Thinking: How Knowledge Shapes Critical Thought

Leading a recent CPD session on retrieval practice, I found myself comparing learning to a dot-to-dot puzzle. With only a handful of dots, the picture is faint and open to…

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Teaching & Learning

30 September, 2025

Rethinking Pedagogy First?

The phrase “pedagogy first” has long been a go-to in discussions about technology in the classroom. It reminds us that the real engine of learning lies not in the devices…

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Digital Strategy & AI

24 June, 2025

AI, Coding, and the Myth of Future-Proof Education

Back in 2012, following the launch of one of the very first 1-to-1 tablet programmes in a UK school, a parent approached me at the Open Morning event and said,…

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Digital Strategy & AI

16 May, 2025

From Exercise Book to Operating System: Rethinking Teaching and Learning Strategy in the Age of AI

Walk into any classroom and you’ll find three things in play: content, activity, and communication. Teachers teach; students learn (we hope); materials are shared, discussed, and acted upon. Whether the…

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Teaching & Learning

23 April, 2025

Can we teach courage?

The recent Think Fast, Talk Smart podcast miniseries offers a rich seam of insight for educators. Though ostensibly about spontaneous speaking in high-stakes professions—negotiation, broadcasting, refereeing—it invites us to reconsider the…

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