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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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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 the…

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GGGG Ep 7 – And finally

March 2, 2026

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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GGGG Ep 6 – More than a school – measuring what we value

February 23, 2026

“More Than a School: Values, Measurement, and What Education Is Really For” In this episode of the Ger Graus Gets Gritty series, Mark Taylor sits down once again with Professor Dr. Ger Graus OBE to explore one of his most passionate themes — the idea that schools are, and must intentionally become, more than a…

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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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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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