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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 PattonWho are the great (or deplorable)  mentor-mentee relationships of TV, film,  literature, and sport?<>We’ve been talking about mentoring in Learning Futures, and I’m widening the conversation to include you. I’m not going to say anything about teh characteristics of mentoring, because </>... more

by Alec PattonI found the following sentence (which I’ve truncated for the sake of clarity) in a government evaluation document:Preparations… to develop the vision for transforming learning with schools are developing in a timely way.<>This strikes me as rather beautifully absurd, like saying of <>St</></>... 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 Alec PattonI said earlier that we’ve got a Twitter identity (InnovateEducate) and official hashtag (#iie09) for the Guardian Innovation in Education conference.So why tweet at a conference? This is how I see it:<>At the Innovation in Education conference, 300 creative, highly motivated people wi</>... more