Many of the tools & methods we use for innovation are designed for "developmental" innovation; incremental improvement to existing products & services. The gap between where we are now & where we need to be is so big that we need much more "radical" innovation. This kind of

A Future Without Exams? There are more pathways to university than ever for high school students. We love working with schools to set students better up for their future! Hear from our very own Sandra Milligan and Angela Pollock on ABC Listen: go.unimelb.edu.au/fmc8

I said ‘very demure, very mindful’ in class yesterday and I would recommend no one else tries this.

I don't think I've ever resonated more with an image in my life

School leavers bypassing university for the workforce.

Great question ... "Here are a lot of children trying to tell us something. How can we accommodate what it is they’re telling us?" theguardian.com/education/arti…

“That’s the way we’ve always done it” is not a justification. It’s a lazy excuse for failing to evolve. Blind faith in traditions makes us prisoners of the past. Routines should be based on present value and future potential. A key to new growth is questioning old habits.

Hey International Baccalaureate DP Econ teachers! We want to help you seed Regenerative Economics into your mainstream course - curriculum mapping, tips, and communing with other reformers. Join us online Thurs Sept 12 at 3pm CET. Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…… Kate Raworth

More parents should do this. We have a huge underutilized resource on our college campuses, and kids benefit so much from interacting with young adults.

Something new: the Primer Fellowship. If you've dreamed of launching a microschool, we built this for you. We're opening up the Primer platform — our software, ops engine, academic program, etc. — and giving it to you. Let's launch some schools.

"We have had a government that sought to drive up ‘standards’ (whatever those are) by exerting more control, narrowing the curriculum, toughening assessment, blaming schools and teachers." Via David Jackson davidjackson7.wordpress.com/2024/09/02/our…

Work takes up so much of our lives—we should enjoy it! 🌟 Embrace arbejdsglæde: craft your job for meaning, gamify your day, build meaningful friendships, and find purpose. Trust yourself, and remember: life’s more than the hedonic treadmill. 💼✨ inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyl…

"Evidence should not supplant philosophical discussions and sociologically informed considerations of what education is for or what it can reasonably be expected to do." blog.aare.edu.au/why-evidence-i…

Land dolphins in their natural habitat.. 😊

"All the bans in the world will not address the fundamental social issues that create problematic classroom and schoolyard behaviours in the first place."

I'm hearing reports of colleagues having to deliver specific lessons, in a specific format, with specific timings way too often for comfort atm. Is it any surprise that retention is so poor if teachers get so little in the way of autonomy?

Sue Cowley This is the reductive outcome of a ‘what works’ ideology, of a ‘science of teaching’, a belief that the perfect lesson , applicable across situations, can be crafted.

Year 9 students in Australia often disengage with school, but specialised programs are keeping kids on track. amp.abc.net.au/article/104353…

Social media is broken and it now controls the narrative. I'm trialling We are 8 - weare8.com, which is designed to use AI models to protect from abuse.

Excited to launch Erika Lusky Learning & Development! With 30 years in education, I'm here to empower educators through coaching and PL for lasting change. Let's connect to fuel success in your community! erikaluskyld.com #EdConsulting #EducationalLeadership.