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by Matthew HorneAlongside their White Paper: Your child, your schools, our future, the government published the consultation with the children’s workforce that The Innovation Unit designed and ran to inform the white paper as it was being written.<>We spoke to over 1000 members of the chidlren’s wo</>... more

by Alec PattonHello, I’m Alec, the intern working on Learning Futures, and this afternoon I’m making my Disciplined Innovation blog debut.*<>I’ve been asked to write about the LF meeting at Paul Hamlyn yesterday – but frankly, it’s a bit like what they say about Woodstock: if you didn’t experience </>... more

by Alec PattonYesterday I saw the comedian Mark Thomas at the Brockwell Park Green Fair, and he mentioned a project he’d helped run at Lord William’s School in Oxfordshire, with student members of the Amnesty International chapter there.<>Working once a week during their lunch, the students set up </>... more

by Alec Patton<>From 2006-2008, DCSF invested £40 million in order to train and employ ”Parent Support Advisers” (PSAs) in 20 local authorities, with the Training and Development Agency for schools (TDA), which allocated funding, developed training tools, and was in charge of dissemination. The PSA</>... more

Posted by Anthea Hollist<>In 2006, the DCSF commissioned BMG Research to undertake a 3 year customer perception tracking study of three key audiences: general public; parents of children and young people; and young people aged 11-19. The research had four aims: 1) to monitor perceptions of overall </>... more

by Alec PattonIt’s less than a week until the Innovation In Education conference that we’re running with the Guardian, and it’s looking very exciting!<>Speakers include Larry Rosenstock, CEO of High-tech High (not a Saturday morning cartoon but a seriously innovative cluster of schools in Californi</>... more

by Claire McEneaneyWow. I can’t quite believe that after months of planning and plotting that our Innovation in Education (in partnership with EducationGuardian) conference is all over.<>I think it would be safe to say that the day was a real success. The speakers and panellists really rose to the </>... more