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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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Cross-Arts conference for primary practitioners

11 Oct 2017

If you live around Northampton (UK) then this event is for you. Click below to see full details 051 Expand Your Horizons Primary Arts Conference 2018

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Last one for the day! I I I interviewed my friend Jo about ‘spoons’ earlier and she gave me a quick lesson! Here she is in action

04 Oct 2017
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Beats goes on with Ollie

04 Oct 2017
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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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