If medicine was run like education there would be many more patients who wouldn’t survive the random, un-evidenced and poorly researched treatments given. I can look back on a career of maximum effort, huge expenditure of energy, long hours and too little progress. Continue reading
Alex Hill, Liz Mellon, Ben Laker & Jules Goddard have followed up their work on different types of school leaders – architects and surgeons – with more insights into the work of these transformational headteachers. A copy of their briefing paper is here (Secrets of the Architect Leader); these are my reflections on it. Continue reading
As years go 2016 has to rank as one of the most unpredictable ever. David Cameron gambled, promised and lost. I didn’t see Brexit coming; Boris Johnson and Michael Gove didn’t see each others’ political manoeuvring. Prime Minister May was duly crowned. Following Brexit it came as no surprise Donald Trump was elected; it should have been a total shock. Continue reading