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Back to school!
Back to school!

Hearing the excited voices of my own children who attend The New School and other children on the first day of the new school year, it filled my heart with joy.  This is what learning should be about and this is what I believe the experience of education should be. 

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Don't turn your home into school...the Lego professor of play on lockdown learning
Don't turn your home into school...the Lego professor of play on lockdown learning

n a recent Guardian report, Paul Ramchandani, Lego professor of play at the University of Cambridge, explains how coronavirus school closures are a chance to follow your child’s lead rather than formal study. Here at The New School UK, we couldn’t agree more.

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When the Covid-19 crisis finally ends, schools must never return to normal
When the Covid-19 crisis finally ends, schools must never return to normal

We recognise the necessity for education to break free of its current shackles to high-stake testing that create mental health problems, perpetuate disadvantage, leave young people feeling a failure and create educational disengagement.

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