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Academies: It’s a Fight, It’s a Real Fight
Even before the line was uttered, in Bridget Jones’s Diary, I found myself laughing as we watched the film again last Sunday. The ridiculous, “It’s a fight, it’s a real fight” scene, involving Hugh Grant and Colin Firth fighting in the street and restaurant, is wonderfully choreographed and acted. In the more sinister setting and political intrigue of a Tory leadership battle; no prisoners will be taken and that includes schools. It’s a real post-White Paper fight over academisation which will be part of defining the schooling system for decades to come. Continue reading
Do You Wanna Be In My Gang? #SaturdayThunk
The next three or four years is going to see increasing numbers of schools join or establish Multi-Academy Trusts. Some schools will decide to jump before they are pushed and others will simply be pushed. Over the last few months a number of people have contacted me to discuss the MAT that we formed about eighteen months ago. Continue reading
New Book: Liminal Leadership
The Teacher Development Trust a national charity supporting effective professional development (please click to find out more)
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@LeadingLearner by Stephen Tierney is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Based on a work at www.leadinglearner.me.
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