#ascl2014 – Edventures

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Leadership of Data ’14

Kristian Still 17 Sep ’14 17 Sep ’14

Any day that starts with bacon baps has a potential to become a good day. The ASCL Leadership of Data most certainly turned out to be a “good day,” more importantly it was an informative and insightful day that will impact on how we …

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Adding meaning to Pisa

Kristian Still 23 Mar ’14 23 Mar ’14

This post is for any school leader or data enthusiasts with a quirky interest in macro education data. Most dataheads are comfortable with school and even national data. Andreas Schleicher, Special Advisor on Education Policy to OECD’s Secretary-General, is comfortable …

Suffering and successful failures17 Dec ’24
It is a well rehearsed narrative, that we learn, gain, benefit more from our loses than from our triumphs. More from adversity than from our easy successes. Loses, adversity, often serves as the crucible in which our triumphs and our successes are forged. Matthew McConaughey …
Unresolvable problems16 Dec ’24
This was an unfinished post I first drafted six months ago when I was still in education as a Deputy Headteacher. Funnily enough, it is as relevant to my new role as COO and so I looked to finish and post it. It is certainly …
Dump Your To-Do List, Write Your To-Be List29 Nov ’24
In the hustle and bustle of our daily lives, we often find ourselves buried under an avalanche of to-do lists. These lists, while seemingly helpful, can sometimes become the very a source of stress and worry they were designed to overcome. But what if there …
I still expect the carpet to be pulled out from under me3 Nov ’24
This post is written for a friend. The point of desperation is often the point of truth. He wrote. How do your move forward, when you still expect the carpet to be pulled out from under you? If you can move at all? Let alone …