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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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STEM Identity, AI Powered Learning, Career Readiness with SmartLab

October 27, 2025

Dr. Jennifer Berry doesn’t just talk about STEM—she redefines how student see themselves in it. As a leading voice in inclusive STEM education, Dr. Berry champions a powerful idea: STEM identity is not something students are born with—it’s something they build. As the CEO of SmartLab, she is dedicated to bridging the gap between today’s…

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Let Play Lead the Day – Championing children’s freedom to play

October 20, 2025

Ben Case is part of the Tapestry education team and a former primary and early years teacher. He works closely with settings to support their use of Tapestry and believes tech is only successful if you bring staff with you. As a teacher Ben regularly presented at TeachMeet Sussex and he now helps to host…

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Closing the Attainment Gap: How AI Tutors Are Scaling Quality Math Education – Third Space Learning

October 13, 2025

The AI maths tutor that gets pupils reasoning out loud. Third Space Learning believe an AI tutor should do more than just generate questions and mark answers. What if it could provide scaffolded support according to knowledge gaps, speaking to students and encouraging them to verbalise their reasoning as they go? What if every pupil…

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Sir Ken Robinson

08 Mar 2018

A TED talk video about creating a movement of change for education. If you want to make a difference please take a look.

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Start Your Day With Gratitude & Change Your Life

06 Mar 2018

I hope this podcast can help you create the daily experience that supports you to be the best ‘you’ you can be for all those you teach. Georgian Benta – Gratitude Podcast Inspiring 100,000 People to Live Grateful Lives Gratitude is the one thing that helped me most in my life from all the personal development and…

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Teacher Development Fund from Paul Hamlyn Foundation

03 Mar 2018

If you are a school or arts organisation that would like to apply for funding to support teachers deliver arts in our primary schools this is available now from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation.   The Purpose of the Fund The purpose of the Teacher Development Fund is to support delivery of effective arts-based teaching and…

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Education on Fire sponsor

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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