Education
And of Course We Called Her “Nutty”
Before I learned to be afraid of Miss Jacob I was terrified by Miss Almond. First week, first form at…
The Changed Face of School Leadership
The schools we attend and work in help shape the people we become. Seven of my sixty plus years in…
Escape from the Spirit People
When a re-wired, pack-rat educator takes a deep dive in the basement there's no telling what she will find in…
Angela Brazil, the Tribal World of School and School Change
Scooterons-nous vite. It's Back to School with Angela Brazil Long before Harry Potter - and indeed long before all those…
For No Good Reason
I love this poem by Hans Magnus Enzensberger. It's a commentary on the fact that - even in the darkest…
Angela Brazil – Rhymes With Dazzle – at Dunkirk
When intelligence officer Arthur Marshall was on the beach at Dunkirk in 1940 he turned to the work of Angela…
Scissors and a Glue Stick
When I first became a head of school I had this daft idea that I would make personalized cut-and-paste greetings…
The Street of the Fruit Stalls
Amazing how hard it sometimes can be to find things on the intertubes. There was a poem I remembered from…
After great pain, a formal feeling comes
It's graduation season and across the land schools are saying goodbye to students and students are moving along and into…
Celebrating a Trevor Class and a Teacher Retirement
Just a few pictures of very lovely evening at Trevor Day School. Great appreciation to all who helped make this…