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The Reading Mandate
How can we expect children to love reading when we don't let them choose their reading material?
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Bennie Kara
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Why we still need Pride
Pride is a promise. We must keep it.
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A Global Teaching Workforce
A story of three women
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Noor Inayat Khan
The spy who refused to be silent.
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Stop Talking About Relevance in the Curriculum
Reducing diversification and decolonisation to "relevance" is a gross misunderstanding of curriculum development.
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The Unlearning
The Unlearning
Unlearning and relearning leadership, education, race, gender, sexuality, literature, language, politics, the body and culture
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Why 'The Unlearning'?
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A Global Teaching Workforce
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Teaching about Problematic Figures
Some historical figures were less than fresh. Should we teach students about colonisers, enslavers, and racists?
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Bennie Kara
Hedy Lamarr
Not just a pretty face, she was the Hollywood star who revolutionised wireless technology.
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Parents: Handling Racism Against Your Child
It can be so tricky to navigate the support available for your child if they experience racism at school. What can you do?
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Episode 4: Letting go of ego
Our ego gets in the way of great leadership: we need to let it go gently.
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Episode 3: Setbacks
Do you bounce or break?
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Episode 2: Criticism
Should you throw a tantrum if someone criticises your leadership?
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