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The Battle of the Billboards or, the Duel of the Discounts?

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The Competitive Landscape of School Admissions in Dubai As you drive around Dubai, it’s clear to everyone, that certain schools are investing significant amounts of money on outdoor advertising. Whilst driving around Dubai, listening to the radio, it’s also very clear that schools are spending significant amounts on radio advertising. The billboard advert has made […]

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Game Changer in the GCC

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Last week saw the launch in Dubai of a branch of North London Collegiate School or NLCS Dubai. The school’s name may not have carried as far around the world as that of Eton, Winchester and Harrow but, make no mistake, this is one of the UK’s very best schools. NLCS has an outstanding heritage as well, based

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Teachers have to learn too

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Throughout my career as a teacher and education leader, I have been trying to understand teachers’ training better, because you would think that the profession would be good at it; but it isn’t. It was refreshing to read Lorna Eagle’s foreword to this very good New Zealand study by Helen Timperley and others. Lorna points

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Attracting more teachers to the profession

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Teacher recruitment in the UK is at a crisis point. I have joined with a group of colleagues to launch an INTERN programme for schools in the UK, largely because teacher recruitment has been allowed to slip to levels that are too low for our future needs. I have long believed that the UK should

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The idea of ‘deep schooling’

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In one of my favourite reports on teaching and learning – the distinguished 2000 study of cognitive science published by John Bransford (et al.) for the US National Research Council, titled ‘How People Learn’ – there is a beautiful piece of writing about what makes for great teaching. It is called, “Imagine Three Teachers”. It is a

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Happy New Year 2016

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We produced a new year newsletter for our BBD friends in the Middle East and suddenly realised how much progress has been made by all our friends and clients. New schools opened, further schools advanced to win their licences. Two competitions won, in Qatar and Singapore. A flow of Academic Plans. Many congratulations to everyone and thank

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Al Diyafah: ‘shine a light’

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Off to Dubai tomorrow, to open the sixth form centre at Al Diyafah High School. The new facility is dedicated to the Mother, sadly deceased, of the family who own the School. Winnie would be incredibly proud of what her daughter and son-in-law have made of their project. There are good families at the heart

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Third Culture Schools

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My new piece, co-written with my friends at the Royal Society for the Arts (RSA) in the UK, takes a look at the rapidly expanding world of international schools. Long gone are the days when a few embassy schools sought to provide a reassuring education to local ex-pats with a few locals hanging on. Several

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Words for Life

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Talking to your children each night at mealtimes boosts their performance at school. In several countries, governments try to boost their schools’ results by giving advice to parents on what to read and how to encourage their child’s reading. This is an example from the UK “Words for Life” project: www.wordsforlife.org.uk. And here is a news

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Science for the home as well as the school

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It is rare to find families at home doing science experiments together but it is fabulous when you see it in action. It is fun for all and you can get a good discussion going about science and about science at school. Take a look at this excellent site, from Scientific American: www.scientificamerican.com/education/bring-science-home/ It will

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The Battle of the Billboards or, the Duel of the Discounts?

Game Changer in the GCC

Teachers have to learn too

Attracting more teachers to the profession

The idea of ‘deep schooling’

Happy New Year 2016

Al Diyafah: ‘shine a light’

Third Culture Schools

Words for Life

Science for the home as well as the school

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