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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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The Kids Who Aren’t Okay with Ross W. Greene Ph.D.

March 23, 2026

Ross W. Greene, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and the originator of the innovative, evidence-based approach called Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS), as described in his influential books The Explosive Child, Lost at School, Lost & Found, and Raising Human Beings. He developed and executive produced the award-winning documentary film The Kids We Lose. Dr.…

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“You Can Only Aspire to What You Know Exists” – A Musical Journey Through Education

March 16, 2026

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…

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Ger Graus Gets Gritty Recap Show

March 9, 2026

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…

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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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Top 10 Podcasts for Teachers by Teaching Ideas

30 Jan 2018

We are delighted that Education on Fire is featured at number 1 in this article by the Teaching Ideas resources website, thank you.

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Safety Snakes – A new online safety themed Barefoot lesson plan

18 Jan 2018

About Safety Snakes: The Safety Snakes campaign offers teachers a range of free resources to help them combine the principles of online safety with computational thinking. We’re providing a new online safety themed Barefoot lesson plan and printed Bee-Bot mat, designed similar to a Snakes and Ladders game. This includes a digital version of the…

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Primary Music Lesson 12

17 Jan 2018

Primary Music Lesson: Rhythmically Speaking: 12 Building Structure and Variation Mark Taylor, director of Rhythmically Speaking, explores variation around a simple structure to further develop the samba ensemble.  

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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.

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