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Linda Darling-Hammond: Lessons from the US.

Sydney University now has the video Professor Linda Darling-Hammond’s splendid Address to about 450 people in Sydney.

The Oasis - A teaching resource about youth homelessness

You may have seen the ABC documentary about the OASIS youth centre in Sydney. It was an incredibly touching protrayal of youth homelessness and people trying to make a difference.

Our partners at the Caledonia foundation helped produce the documentary and have made a terrific resource available for teachers.

TEDtalks video - personalised learning empowering teenagers

Watch the video to hear Diana Laufenberg talk about her experiences with personalised learning and what happens when you empower students to be creators of their own learning...

Play4Life: Pod

A note from our partners Play for Life about the delivery of their first play Pod. Pods are containers packed with open ended play equipment to inspire creativity and

Steady Work: Finland Builds a Strong Teaching and Learning System

By Linda Darling-Hammond, Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at the Stanford University School of Education.

105 Companies Join Forces With Obama to “Change The Equation” for Education

By Austin Carr, from: http://www.fastcompany.com/1689358/a-hundred-companies-join-forces-for-change-the-equation-private-sector-education-initiative?partner=homepage_newsletter

Out of 30 industrialized nations, the United States ranks 21st in science and 25th in math. We’re spending more money than ever on schools, but with few results. Huge federal programs such as No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top are clunky, slow-moving bureaucratic nightmares. The American education system is broken. In order to fix it, the public sector needs to start keeping pace with the private sector. How? By getting the private sector involved.

Threads We Follow

A 20-minute documentary about the Arbor School in Tualatin, Oregon, and their Senior Project program.

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