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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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The Power of Meditation: Building Resilience in Students

March 31, 2025

Bob Martin’s Uncommon Journey takes him from a high-powered criminal trial lawyer during Miami’s Cocaine Cowboy era to a healing force. Under the tutelage of Hua Ching Ni, a 72nd-generation Master from the Shaolin Temple, Bob has become a Certified Meditation Teacher, Mentor, and published author. At 74, Bob draws from his diverse experiences as…

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The Hidden Crisis in Foster Care: Advocating for Educational Equity

March 24, 2025

Sharon Dunlevy is an educational advocate for children in foster care. It is her mission to bring the educational needs of children in foster care to the attention of those who can change policies and practices that would give more children in foster care the ability to succeed educationally, the foundation for their ability to…

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The Transformative Power of Neuroplasticity in Education with Arrowsmith

March 17, 2025

What is Neuroplasticity? Neuroscientists used to think that our brain was fixed and unchangeable from birth. It was believed that our intellectual capacity was fixed – the brain with which we were born, was the brain we had for life.   We now know that the brain is a highly active and malleable organ across a person’s…

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Cross-Arts conference for primary practitioners

11 Oct 2017

If you live around Northampton (UK) then this event is for you. Click below to see full details 051 Expand Your Horizons Primary Arts Conference 2018

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Last one for the day! I I I interviewed my friend Jo about ‘spoons’ earlier and she gave me a quick lesson! Here she is in action

04 Oct 2017
Last one for the day! I I I interviewed my friend Jo about 'spoons' earlier and she gave me a quick lesson! Here she is in action Read More

Beats goes on with Ollie

04 Oct 2017
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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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