Articles

Broadening the Scope of a School, by Mary-Ann Ridgway

August 6, 2024

What if a school were a vibrant hub for change? Change that starts with the inner blossoming of oneself, inspiring further shifts to happen within […]

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Parenting Unscripted – The Art of Raising a Self-Directed Kid, by Jeneen Gacek

July 1, 2024

Life fills us with questions. Each new stage of growing and development changes our thinking from one level to another. Like a character in a […]

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Shrinking Children, by Sophie B Lovett

March 27, 2024

One of the main things that often strikes me about the young people who learn and play with us at Maverick Learning Community is how much space […]

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Shiver-Me-Timbers, Time to Cast Off Centralised Curriculum Models. By Julian Barrell.

February 15, 2024

A Meaningful Learning Revolution Is On The Horizon… In the UK, the National Curriculum has driven the evolution of learning towards something that can best […]

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Irons in the Fire, by Tom Brown

December 22, 2023

Part 2: Progressive Education I [previously] wrote about the Montessori Landscape in the UK and what I’ve learned so far about the scene [since relocating […]

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Irons in the Fire, by Tom Brown

December 22, 2023

Part 1: Montessori in the UK I have so much to talk about. Over the last month [October], I have been involved in so many […]

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How Would a Martian View our Schools?

December 18, 2023

This transcript was taken from a presentation entitled ‘School is Very Strange!” by Guy Claxton at the 2023 Rethinking Education conference in London. Guy Claxton […]

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Flexischooling: A Case for Enabling More Children to Go to School Less Often, by Sarah Sudea

November 7, 2023

In the 2022/23 academic year, 28.3% of secondary school pupils were persistently absent. Huge numbers of children are unable to access full time mainstream school […]

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Guide to Education, by Michael Rosen

September 16, 2023

About the Poet Michael Rosen is one of the best-known figures in the children’s book world, he is renowned for his work as a poet, […]

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The 20% Project for Schools – A Modest Proposal, by Derry Hannam

August 13, 2023

What young people need It seems to me that the crucial commodity that young people need in order to find and deepen their interests and identity, […]

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Research

Soft Skills Training in Schools Improves Health and Behaviour

March 6, 2020

A trial of a new curriculum to improve soft skills in secondary school children has shown that it can boost their physical health and behaviour, […]

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News

Five Top Tips to Set Up a School or Learning Community

September 20, 2024

Inspiration and guidance to pave the way for a new paradigm of education! We are delighted to announce that we have a new resource for […]

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Start-Up Schools & Learning Communities – Webinars to Order

August 19, 2024

We are delighted to announce that our webinars for start-up schools and learning communities are now available to order. We recently teamed up with Limitless to offer two […]

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Webinars for Start-Up Schools & Learning Communities

February 27, 2024

Are you thinking about setting up your own school or learning community? Or perhaps you’ve been running for a while but you’re still exploring different […]

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Learn How to Set Up a School

September 6, 2023

If you dream of setting up your own school, to create something outside of the conventional, authoritarian education system, this is your chance to ask […]

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Learn How to Set Up a Learning Community

June 7, 2023

Announcing a New Collaboration… Limitless podcast host, Alex O’Neill and Progressive Education founder, Jo Symes have launched a webinar series for learning community start-ups. This […]

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Happy New Year!

January 7, 2023

Wishing you the best for a happy 2023. May this new year bring much inspiration to us all for reimagining education. 2022 was an exciting […]

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Progressive Education Events Line Up

June 27, 2022

June  15th, 11am BST – How can educators prepare students for adult life? Live webinar in the Progressive Education Group:- Ortal Green will share with […]

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Announcing a series of 5 FREE events by Progressive Education and Omnis Education

March 9, 2022

We are delighted to be collaborating with Omnis Education to bring you a series of five live webinars in our Progressive Education Group on Facebook. […]

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Live Events in the Progressive Education Group

January 9, 2022

We are excited to announce the launch of Progressive Education Facebook Lives which will be taking place in our Progressive Education Group on Facebook. These […]

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Response to UNESCO’s ‘Education in a Post-Covid World’ Report

November 6, 2021

In UNESCO’s Progress Update on the Futures of Education, published in March 2021, UNESCO denied the value of Self-Directed Education and autonomous learning, despite much significant scientific evidence […]

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