Progressive Education

Free Online Event 22-24 April, to celebrate the launch of a new course on alternatives to conventional #schooling. On the theme of #Education: Past> Present> Future Where are we now? Why do we need change? Let's imagine something new! info.progressiveeducation.org/future 1/

The countdown is on!! Ted Dintersmith’s new book 'Aftermath' is out March 24th! To learn more and pre-order your copy, visit aftermaththebook.com

"When you focus on dialogue, behaviour improves..." Prof Rupert Wegerif on Education as Expanding Dialogue Full episode (and blog) - drjamesmannion.substack.com/p/education-as…

Thank you to all the sponsors for helping to bring this event to life! 2/

Free Online Event 22-24 April, to celebrate the launch of a new course on alternatives to conventional #schooling. On the theme of #Education: Past> Present> Future Where are we now? Why do we need change? Let's imagine something new! info.progressiveeducation.org/future 1/

Check out AERO's latest Newsletter ://conta.cc/4s9iXRM . Subscribe here bit.ly/AERONews #aeroconf2026 #educationfreedom #democracyineducation

Webinar for start-up schools and learning communities, with Anil Sarna on 6th May, 7.30pm BST. He will talk about his experience of founding & running the #democratic, #childcentred Hebden Bridge Learning Community and #onlineschool The Learning Circle. educationstartups.org/webinar-6-may-…

Great screening & panel discussion ‘Multiple Choice’ @SXSWEDU yesterday!! Find out where the film is screening next and how you can be a part of bringing it to your community at multiplechoicefilm.com

Our FREE online event on 22-23 April celebrates the launch of our new course on #alternatives to conventional #schooling. You can sign up to be notified when the registration page is ready using the link in our bio. Hope to see you there! 2/

SAVE THE DATES 22-23 APRIL Free event to explore • How our #educationsystem came about. • What effect is modern #schooling having on us as individuals, society and the planet? • What can we learn from #indigenous cultures? • What could the future of #education look like? 1/

7 minutes out of every 30 minutes of classroom time are now estimated to be lost to disruption. Why doesn’t tightening behaviour policies solve it? 🧐

You can register for our webinar on registration and inspection for start-up #schools and #learning communities at educationstartups.org/webinar-11-mar… or access the webinar as part of our membership package here: educationstartups.org/community Hope you can make it! 2/

WEBINAR on Inspection and Registration. 11th March, 7,30-9.30pm GMT. An invaluable session for those exploring the pros & cons of school registration. And for those running part-time learning communities who want to know what to expect should you be inspected unexpectedly. 1/

1 WEEK TO GO! WEBINAR on Inspection & Registration 11th March, 7.30pm GMT Invaluable session for those exploring the pros & cons of school registration. Or for those running part-time learning communities who want to know what to expect should you be inspected unexpectedly. 1/

Big Issue’s Kids Cover Competition closes in ONE WEEK! Kids under 13 can submit their artwork for the chance to: ✨ See their design on the cover of our Easter special ✨ Receive a piece of exclusive artwork by Axel Scheffler Head to bigissue.com/kids-cover-202… for all the details

Help me pick a front cover for my next book I completed the final manuscript for the second edition of 101 Wet Playtime Games and Activities and submitted it to my wonderful publishers, Clare Ashworth and Routledge Education.

What Happens When Young People Are Trusted to Design Their Learning? - "The benefits are igniting curiosity, and not only igniting curiosity, but sustaining the flame of curiosity". Listen here open.substack.com/pub/theeducati… #learnerdesignedfutures #learnerdesigned #trustingkids

Check out Unauthorised Absence 🎥🚸 Parents & Schools in a SEND Crisis by Natalie Lauren on @Kickstarter kickstarter.com/projects/natal…

🎬 “We can’t do it without funding.” These educators are trying to ensure that children with special educational needs have a fair chance at school, and at life. But without adequate funding, SEN support in schools is under threat. Watch now:

The BBC just released a new adaptation of Lord of the Flies, the classic novel by William Golding. It's beautifully made, but it's still telling the wrong story. A few years ago, I went looking for the *real* Lord of the Flies. I wanted to know: has it ever actually happened? Have kids ever been shipwrecked on a deserted island? It took me a year of research, but I found it. In 1965, six boys from a boarding school in Tonga stole a boat, got caught in a storm, and drifted for eight days without food or water. They washed up on 'Ata, a remote, uninhabited island in the Pacific. They stayed there for 15 months, and what happened on that island was the exact opposite of William Golding's novel. These boys set up a small commune. They built a food garden, stored rainwater in hollowed-out tree trunks, created a gym with improvised weights, and built a badminton court. One of them, Stephen (who would later become an engineer) managed to start a fire using two sticks. They kept it burning the entire time. Of course they fought too. But then they argued, they had a rule: go to opposite ends of the island, cool down, then come back and apologize. As one of them told me: ‘That's how we stayed friends.’ Back home, everyone assumed that the boys – Luke, Stephen, Sione, David, Kolo and Mano — were dead. When they were finally discovered by an Australian captain named Peter Warner, he radioed their names to Tonga. After twenty minutes, a tearful response came back: ‘You found them! These boys have been given up for dead. Funerals have been held. If it's them, this is a miracle!’ Peter commissioned a new ship, hired all six boys as his crew, and named the boat the Ata, after the island where he found them. They remained friends for the rest of their lives – Peter and Mano even became soulmates. I tracked them down, and it became one of the central chapters of my book Humankind. Here's what struck me most: William Golding (the author of Lord of the Flies) was a troubled man, an alcoholic who once said ‘I have always understood the Nazis, because I am of that sort by nature.’ I think he was projecting his own darkness onto children. And we turned it into a lesson about human nature that we teach to millions of kids around the world. I think the real lesson is the opposite. When real children found themselves alone on a real island, they didn't descend into savagery. They cooperated, they took care of each other, they survived. I'm not saying that the Tongan castaways were representative of all kids everywhere. But I am saying that every kid who has to read or watch the fictional Lord of the Flies also deserves to know what actually happened when it played out in real life. Stories are never just stories. We become the stories that we tell ourselves.

.@educationgovuk has announced plans for significant changes to the school system in its White Paper published today – here is everything you need to know… tes.com/magazine/news/…

NEW POST: The SEND reforms in the Schools White Paper reveal rights given, and rights stripped away— here is our initial overview specialneedsjungle.com/send-reforms-s… #SaveOurChildrensRights