insights
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Whole-System Reform: Key Strategies to Overhaul Support for SEND
Ahead of our Education Insights special issue on SEND and Inclusion, Sam Derby talks with Amanda Wright, Head of Whole School SEND at nasen, to get their perspective.
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Education at Scale: The Research Picture
Hannie Kirkham and Sam Derby look at recent research into education at scale to identify emerging trends.
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Education at Scale: Scaling Reach Through Solutions with Impact
For Ark, scaling reach hasn’t always meant adding schools; the organisation wants to have a much wider impact. Caroline Doherty talks about growth in trusts, the need for consolidation and codification, and providing school solutions at scale.
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Education at Scale: Supporting Students with SEND
New research from NFER sheds light on the approaches adopted by MATs in supporting students with SEND. Matt Walker draws on these findings to outline the challenges and opportunities facing MATs in helping to build a more inclusive system.
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Trends in K-12 Education: A US Perspective
Catherine Cahn discusses current key trends in the US K-12 market, and how they’re impacting M&A and investment strategies.
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Attracting Early-Stage Investment
In 2002, Andrea Carr founded Rising Stars, which was acquired by Hachette in 2015. She talks here about how educational vision and mission sit alongside commercials when attracting early-stage investment.
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Preparing learners for the demands of the digital workplace
Why direct instruction and the development of core knowledge and skills are vital components in preparing learners for the demands of the digital workplace. This is a preview of an article from Education Insights report #2: Trends in International Education.
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America, Land of Opportunity?
We are delighted to share insights and experiences from those involved with education across the globe in our October issue of Education Insights. This is a preview of an article from report #2: Trends in International Education.
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Celebrating a decade of one of the UK’s largest digital programmes with EdTech pioneer Greg Hughes
Our EdTech Classroom Expert Greg Hughes shares how he implemented a tech revolution at his school and trust.
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5 challenges and solutions for ELT publishers
With a wide variety of local contexts, increasing exam pressures, and a patchwork of British, American and other varieties of English being delivered, producing quality ELT resources poses plenty of challenges. Frances Amrani looks at how these challenges can be met by ELT publishers.
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EdTech innovation: 10 minutes with Henry Warren
Henry Warren is a multi-award winning innovation expert and entrepreneur specialising in education technology. He is Chairman of the South African education company Watobe, co-founder of the Turn On The Subtitles campaign, and sits on the boards of several other charities and companies – almost always around education and technology.
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The big picture: ELT in the MENA region
With mixed-ability classes and a patchwork of British, American and other varieties of English being delivered, teaching ELT in the primary classroom poses plenty of challenges. Not to mention the wide variety of contexts across the MENA region.