I guess there always have been (and always will be) market forces in education. It’s certainly a place for big business now. But where are the money makers driving provision for the children and young people of today? What happens to freedom of inquiry and investigation when research and development is funded by companies pushingContinue reading “Can the heart of education be set free from the love of money?”
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Education inequality: A heartfelt cry on the rough, steep road to ‘Every child achieving and thriving’
(TRIGGER WARNING: There are some BIG feelings here. No trantrums, but plenty of tears…)
‘Halibut Jackson’ by David Lucas: introvert brilliance at its finest
Have you met Halibut Jackson? I hadn’t. Not until I found him hiding in Dave’s basket of books in the Acorns’ charity shop in Ledbury last week. I read him from cover to cover, bought him for 50p, and brought him home with me.
‘Theirs not to make reply/ Theirs not to reason why…’
I inwardly wince when I hear the phrase ‘it is what it is’. Its unquestioning use in schools is the reason I dislike it so intensely. Let me give you an example…
The Treasure of a Lively Inquiring Mind
I enjoy reading biographies best of all. I recently read Volume 1 of Iain Murray’s biography of Dr D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones. Murray describes ‘the Doctor’ as a prolific reader and records Lloyd-Jones speaking about the motivation behind his reading: ‘”I have always believed,” he once said, “that the business of reading is to make oneContinue reading “The Treasure of a Lively Inquiring Mind”
Has learning to read in 2024 become a chore and a bore?
Saturday 29th June marked the end of my ‘Read with Julia’ pilot project at Ledbury Community Hub. If you look at the numbers, it wasn’t a rip-roaring success – but it’s given me plenty of food for thought…
Read with Julia 