Sal McKeown

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A Little Robot Friend On The Desk Can Help Troubled Students Back To School

AV1 keeps children with cancer in touch with their schools. Now it is a channel for blended learning and could be a lifeline for children with poor mental health

18 Dec

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Disability Theatre Comes Of Age In Coventry’s City Of Culture 2021

Coventry has a key role in the history of theatre in England and, thanks to Open Theatre, young people with learning disabilities are centre stage in the CoC's current plans

8 Dec

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Cheap Thrills? There’s Nothing Clever About Piracy

You may think you are getting one over on the film industry, taking back a fraction of its box office millions, but nothing could be further from the truth says Sal McKeown.

3 Dec

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2020: The Year When Digital Learning Came Into Its Own

2020 - unforgettable but may herald a better, more equitable future for education

2 Dec

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Identifying Special Educational Needs In The Early Years

How do we know whether normal individual ariation and differing speeds of maturation are masking a special need? Sal McKeown reports on an important new study

30 Nov

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The Power and the Glory of Afro Hair- And How Schools Often Disrespect It

Schools have problems with Afro hair. Sal McKeown reports on the issue of hair and racism.

3 Nov

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Sir Linkalot is on a quest to improve children’s spelling in lockdown

Andy Salmon has revolutionised the way children learn spellings with his fun memory techniques

20 Oct

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What Makes High Tech High So Special?

The pandemic, closures, lockdowns, uncertainties about examinations have prompted debates about the nature of education and whether it is fit for purpose. High Tech High in San Diego offers a radical solution as Sal McKeown reports

19 Oct

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Expeditionary Learning could change the face of education in the UK and it starts with XP School in Doncaster

Covid-19 has accelerated an increasing dissatisfaction with our education system. In the run up to our free webinar with the Edge Foundation, Sal McKeown offers an insight into a school with a markedly different approach

14 Oct

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Guild meets the need for a robust digital communication strategy

With pupils returning to the classroom and unprecedented levels of uncertainty and it is vital that schools have sound online systems and a robust digital communication strategy argues Ashley Friedlein, CEO of Guild

9 Oct

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