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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

Confession time: I used to love setting an exam study schedule. I used to think it was the dorky combination of coloured markers and...

“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...

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...