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Education systems often make it enforceable by law that all children, including those with disabilities, are in school.  These children then find themselves placed in systems, often in an accessible separate building or with limited access to peers.  This is Representation but not Inclusion. For Inclusion to happen a child must feel as if he or she belongs.  Representation without belonging is fundamentally exclusive despite its aims. Ted Packer’s* classes are unconventional

Of all the Wonderfully Wired profiles I think the one least understood is ADHD.   As a young teacher, I was guilty as many teachers are, of not taking the downsides of being ADHD seriously enough.  I’d say things like ‘maybe he’s just suffering from childhood?’.   Many parents also bristle at the suggestion that  their kids should go on medication.   On the other extreme many parents (spurred on by teachers struggling to manage their children) wish for medication and don’t un

As I write, my eldest sits and does online aptitude testing for career guidance. She reads the word based questions and I wonder if...

I’ve been thinking about teachers with empathy and concern. What would it take for teachers under pressure to deliver results to get a ...

My eldest daughter recently found herself on the wrong side of offense when she was tasked to read a historical document on eugenics...

My husband says all disappointments are a result of unmet expectations. That’s a good sentiment when it comes to managing my expectations...

“I feel like you're parenting us parents,” I said to Heather Wells in this month’s episode of the podcast. Heather and I were talking...

​​ “The core role of a teacher is facilitating learning… but much of what teachers are expected to do is something other than teaching.”...

Last week we suggested changing our metaphor for schools: Instead of seeing schools as factories and students as products on a conveyor...

Ever wondered why our schools look the way they do? Why do children go to school in groups of others their own age? Why are days divided...