Poverty

A Conversation About Coping, Thriving and Navigating Chaos

A conversation about coping, thriving, chaos navigating and teachers as everyday heroes with Associate Jaz Ampaw-Farr.

54-minute watch

04 Jun 2020

Behaviour, Motivation and Engagement, Covid-19, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Managing Stress and Mindfulness, Personal Leadership, Poverty, Relationships, Resilience, Schools, Teachers, Teaching in Challenging Circumstances, Well-Being, Watch, What Now Week

A Conversation About Supporting Our Most Vulnerable Young Children

A conversation about supporting our most vulnerable young children with Associates Will Ryan and Dave Harris and class teacher and SENCO Beth Dawes.

53-minute watch

04 Jun 2020

Dave Harris, Will Ryan, Curriculum and Lesson Planning, Diversity and Inclusion, Leadership, Managing Stress and Mindfulness, Poverty, Questioning and Thinking Skills, Relationships, School Improvement, SEND, Teaching and Learning, Teaching in Challenging Circumstances, Watch, What Now Week

A Conversation with Vic Goddard About Educational Leadership in Challenging Times

A conversation about the best job in a world that's been turned upside down with Associate and headteacher Vic Goddard.

52-minute watch

04 Jun 2020

Vic Goddard, Covid-19, Difficult Conversations, Diversity and Inclusion, Leadership, Managing Stress and Mindfulness, Personal Leadership, Poverty, Relationships, Resilience, Schools, Teachers, Teaching in Challenging Circumstances, Watch, What Now Week

A Conversation About Poverty, Education and the Social Mobility Deceit

A conversation about poverty, equity, the social mobility deceit, belonging and education with Chris Kilkenny and Associate (Real) David Cameron.

55-minute watch

02 Jun 2020

David Cameron, Activism, Charity, Diversity and Inclusion, Leadership, Poverty, Relationships, Resilience, Schools, Society, Teaching and Learning, Teaching in Challenging Circumstances, Watch, What Now Week

Guest Blog - Rachel Tomlinson on Her Sanction-Free, Reward-Free School

A guest blog from Rachel Tomlinson, headteacher of the award-winning Barrowford Primary School in Lancashire, on why her school is a sanction-free and reward-free zone. Controversially.

Four-minute read

Posted by Guest on 01 May 2020

Education, Leadership, Relationships, Restorative Practice, Schools, Society, Behaviour, Motivation and Engagement, Teaching and Learning, Well-Being, Read, Difficult Conversations, Improving Standards and Effectiveness, Peace Building, Personal Leadership, Poverty, Teaching in Challenging Circumstances, Values-based Education

So You Want to Build a New School

We were asked a while back for our thoughts about building a new school from scratch. Drawing on his experience in schools and school systems around the world, these are Ian Gilbert's 32 surprising recommendations.

Four-minute read

Posted by Ian Gilbert on 18 Apr 2020

Ian Gilbert, Schools, Society, Activism, Creativity, Leadership, Teaching and Learning, Read, Complexity, Difficult Conversations, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Governance, Improving Standards and Effectiveness, Learning Technologies, Outdoor Learning, Peace Building, Personal Leadership, Poverty, Relationships, School Improvement, Service Learning, Teachers, Values-based Education, Wonder, Well-Being

Fanfare Please

In which Independent Thinking founder Ian Gilbert suggests that, despite earlier promises, now is indeed the time for that fanfare for the common man and woman.

30-minute read and watch

Posted by Ian Gilbert on 09 Apr 2020

Ian Gilbert, Employability, Schools, Society, Covid-19, Activism, Teaching and Learning, Watch, Read, Charity, Complexity, Creativity, Difficult Conversations, Education, Personal Leadership, Poverty

A New Beginning

Nancy is a former refugee we supported as she left Kakuma refugee camp and went to university in Uganda. In her latest blog for us, she reminds us that, although you can't empower everyone, you can always empower someone.

Two-minute read

Posted by Guest on 08 May 2019

Charity, Poverty, Refugees, Debra Kidd, Environment, Society, Teaching in Challenging Circumstances, Read

You've Got This Part I

Associate and performance poet Rhythmical Mike (AKA Mikey Markham) on life at school dealing with poverty, dyslexia and a sister who teachers thought were much cleverer than he was.

Four-minute read

Posted by Mikey Markham on 20 Jun 2018

Dyslexia, Education, Literacy, Teachers, Mikey Markham, SEND, Poverty, Read, Relationships, Teaching in Challenging Circumstances

ACES High

Independent Thinking was one of the lead partners in an amazing conference helping Scotland lead the way when it comes to looking at the impact on young people of ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences).

Five-minute read

12 Jun 2018

Poverty, Society, Read, Activism, Lisa Jane Ashes, Nina Jackson, Debra Kidd, Hywel Roberts, Dave Whitaker, Behaviour, Motivation and Engagement, Complexity, Difficult Conversations, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Improving Standards and Effectiveness, Leadership, Managing Stress and Mindfulness, Neuroscience, Relationships, Research, Resilience, Schools, School Improvement, SEND, Teachers, Teaching in Challenging Circumstances

Beyond the Bake Sale Pt II

How one small Barnsley primary school is demonstrating a genuine 'pedagogy of possibility' and making the world better in the process.

Three-minute read

Posted by Ian Gilbert on 09 Apr 2018

Ian Gilbert, Activism, Charity, Service Learning, Entrepreneurship, Poverty, Society, Read, Teaching in Challenging Circumstances, Team Building, Values-based Education, Schools, Relationships, Refugees, Peace Building

Beyond the Bake Sale Pt I

Frustrated by the message that children seem to be receiving that a bake sale will make everything better in the world, Ian Gilbert wrote this for his book Independent Thinking.

Four-minute read

Posted by Ian Gilbert on 09 Apr 2018

Make a booking, ask a question, panic. All acceptable.