At this year’s National Digital Inclusion conference, Matthew Taylor (RSA) claimed that previous year’s conference prayer had been answered – “meet your new digital inclusion minister – Paul Murphy”. But who is Paul Murphy?

15% of a young person’s time is spent in school, in formal education. But should formal learning guide the remaining 85% of children’s time. Or the other way around?

The Observer reported last week that one in ten teaching staff is underperforming, but headteachers are encouraging them to apply elsewhere rather than be retrained.
I read a book a few years ago by the ex-CEO of General Electric, US management guru Jack Welch, who claimed that one of the keys to a successful organisation is [...]

It’s now widely accepted that children and young people are learning all the time — with many of the messages from the DCSF calling for educationalists to recognise and engage with the existence of a 100% curriculum.
This 100% curriculum is said to constitute the 15% of time school-aged children spend in formal education together with [...]