I'm Mark Taylor and I interview educators from around the world so that I can enable you to support your children to live, learn and grow to their full potential
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“You Can Only Aspire to What You Know Exists” – A Musical Journey Through Education
In this solo reflective episode, host Mark Taylor wraps up the first part of the Ger Graus Gets Gritty season by doing something personal — instead of a straightforward summary, he weaves the season’s key themes through the story of his own life in music. From a secondary school wind band to 30 years as…
Read MoreGer Graus Gets Gritty Recap Show
This week I used AI to summarize the 7 episodes I have recorded with Prof Dr Ger Graus OBE about his book Through a Different Lens: Lessons from a Life in Education. The aim was to give you a short (22 mins) overview of the themes we have discussed in a different way. I used…
Read MoreGGGG Ep 7 – And finally
Based on the final chapter of Prof Dr Ger Graus’s book Through a Different Lens: Lessons from a Life in Education (Routledge), this conversation asks the most honest question of the entire series: So what? Ger examines what 40-plus years of educational work has truly changed — and what it hasn’t. At the heart of…
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Reading Conference Friday 8th May 2026
“Reading Year” refers to the National Year of Reading 2026, a major UK-wide campaign led by the Department for Education and the National Literacy Trust, launching in January 2026 to combat declining reading habits by making reading modern, meaningful, and social for all ages, with a goal of building a lasting culture of reading for…
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John Coe was a founding member of the National Association for Primary Education (NAPE) and a tireless advocate for children’s right to live fully at every stage of their development
Read MoreNOT The Rest is Education but Ger Graus Get Gritty
This sparked a conversation. My new season with Prof Dr. Ger Graus based on his book Through A Different Lens – Lessons from a Life in Education starts soon.
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