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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From Career Days to Career Systems: Dr. Sophia Morgan on Fixing Career Education
Dr. Sophia Nicole Morgan is an educator, author, and entrepreneur whose work focuses on career literacy, academic advising, and helping students make intentional decisions about their futures. Her career spans Jamaica, the United States, and China.She is the founder of Explore Career Academy, a platform dedicated to helping schools integrate career exploration and college planning…
Read MoreWyzly Founder Adam Adler: Turning Screen Time Battles Into Learning Wins
Adam Adler is a Charleston-based founder and investor focused on building technology that creates healthier, more sustainable systems — for families, communities, and the next generation. The idea for Wyzly didn’t come from a pitch deck or a boardroom. It came from Adam’s daughter, Isla. At seven years old, Isla proposed a simple idea that…
Read MoreTransforming Dyslexia: Practical Strategies for Educators and Parents
Dyslexia, which affects an estimated 15 to 20% of learners, often leads to the frustrating advice of waiting and seeing from educational professionals. Russell Van Brocklen, a dyslexia researcher and advocate, challenges this complacency by presenting actionable solutions for parents and educators. His innovative approach, grounded in structured literacy methods, aims to transform the educational…
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A Children's Podcast, Mentoring, Online Teaching and Learning Tool, Science, Maths, Spelling, Reading & Writing, Arts, Resilience Empathy & Global Citizenship, Parent Engagement, Whole School Mental Health
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The Role of Podcasts in Education Marketing
The Role of Podcasts in Education Marketing BETT 2022 EdTech Talks I was very kindly asked by ViewSonic to take part in their BETT Show EdTech Talks 2022 discussing podcasting in education. The recording is available for you to watch here. Listen to my Education on Fire podcast interview with Peter Claxton – Ep…
Read MoreCherishing the growth of young children: what early years education can be
The NAPE Christian Schiller Lecture 2022 with Nancy Stewart. Nancy Stewart is a consultant and writer with wide experience across early years sectors in schools, nurseries, local authority advisory service, and National Strategies where she was Senior Early Years Adviser with a central role in Every Child a Talker. Nancy provided expert advice to the…
Read MoreNancy Stewart – Schiller Lecture
Cherishing the growth of young children: what early years education can be. Monday 14 March 2022 at 4.45pm Booking information and full details of Nancy Stewart’s lecture.
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National Association for Primary Education
Our aim is to achieve a higher priority for the education of children from birth to 13. High quality learning in the early years of life is vitally important to the creation of an educated society. Young children are not simply preparing for the future, they are living a never to be repeated time of life and the best way to learn is to live.
