The Nth Degree

I've also posted this on Medium We have to actually ask ourselves, what is the purpose of school and education? If we answer that it […]

All posts can be found on medium: https://medium.com/@nigeyoung/ This one is here: https://medium.com/@nigeyoung/you-are-the-problem-and-the-solution-215f71b83c14#.p9htmv1u3

Leadership. What a great concept. Ever since the dawn of time, we've migrated to charismatic leaders; strong types that we can follow into battle. I'm […]

Portfolios aren't a new idea, for years people have gathered evidence and put it one place. Once upon a time this was all paper-based and […]

Teaching and learning are often used synonymously and sometimes even interchangeably, we often talk about what learners will learn, when what we mean is what students […]

So if you, like me, have kids in education these days the likelihood is there’s some core subjects they cover and the likelihood is that […]

This isn't one of those posts where I try to claim I know the answers and you should read to become enlightened (hopefully I never […]

I'm a huge fan of continuous improvement or (given my adversity to #wankywords) always looking for better ways to do things. The problem is that […]

Let me make this clear, this isn't a self-help article, nor is it a new or innovative technology that will change your life for better. […]

It seems that whenever you ask anyone how their work is these days you get the same response; 'it's busy'.  We've kind of taken the […]

One of my pet hates is abbreviations.  This coming from a man who spent a dozen years in the military, but there's a fair reason […]

I've been struggling with this as a post for so long I'm not sure how to go with it.  We seem so obsessed these days […]