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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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Step Up Your School Leadership Game: Dr Cynthia Rapaido

January 12, 2026

Dr. Cynthia Rapaido, a highly accomplished educator, holds an Ed.D. in International and Multicultural Education and an M.A. in Educational Administration from the University of San Francisco. She earned her B.S. in Applied Arts and Sciences Biology from San Diego State University. With over 30 years of experience in K–12 education, she has served as…

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Supporting Bereaved Children: Harry’s Rainbow

January 5, 2026

Marie-Claire Parsons is the project lead for Harry’s Rainbow, a charity that support bereaved children in Milton Keynes. She has 30 years experience in schools culminating in founding a 6 school federation and being the executive headteacher. Marie-Claire has been a family liaison officer, education lead and beneficiary lead for the charity. She has just…

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Learning Together: Making Spaces Accessible & Inclusive for Everyone

December 29, 2025

Jenna Udenberg is a lifelong resident from the Northshore of Minnesota and is a former music educator of 19 years. She has used a manual wheelchair since the age of 8 due to Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. Jenna is a 2017 Blandin Foundation Community Leader, a 2020 Bush Fellow, and a 2025 Shannon Leadership Institute Fellow.…

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Most Recent Blog Posts

Primary Music Lesson 10

17 Jan 2018

Primary Music Lesson: Rhythmically Speaking: 10 Samba Ensemble Mark Taylor, director of Rhythmically Speaking, brings the previously prepared rhythmic elements together into a combined samba ensemble.  

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Primary Music Lesson 9

17 Jan 2018

Primary Music Lesson: Rhythmically Speaking: 9 Preparing the Ensemble: Agogo Mark Taylor, director of Rhythmically Speaking, prepares a primary school class for Samba ensemble with individual work with the agogo players.  

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Primary Music Lesson 8

17 Jan 2018

Primary Music Lesson: Rhythmically Speaking: 8 Preparing the Ensemble: Tamborim Mark Taylor, director of Rhythmically Speaking, prepares a primary school class for Samba ensemble with individual work with the tamborim players.

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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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