Education On Fire - Sharing creative and inspiring learning in our schools
Do you feel the education system is sucking the life out of you and the pupils you serve? I think many of us wish we could click our fingers and make it fit for purpose. A place of growth with shared learning that empowers pupils to be their best selves, so they can create a world they want to inhabit now and in the future.
While a magic wand or a visionary politician might sound like the answer I believe change is already happening. Educators are changing futures one conversation at a time. New technology and the environments where we learn are beginning to look different both in and out of the classroom. I hope you are seeing this first hand and are excited about what you can share with your pupils. We are having conversations, sharing organisations and communities that are supporting education in a way that you may have not experienced.
Educational change will come from us all working in way that supports the best interests of each of our pupils, personalised learning. Governments and policy makers will follow when they see fully how it can be different. So let us teach, coach, mentor and create an environment that fuels every child with feedback, inspiration, resilience and empowerment. The Education on Fire community is shining the torch, so no matter where you are in the world or how you are supporting children this podcast is here for you.
‘Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.’
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 462
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
378: The Kid Across the Hall with Reid Saaris
Reid’s story begins at his own high school, where his life began to diverge from that of his best friend Jamie as soon as he enrolled in advanced classes across the hall. After graduation, the gap wi…
377: The London Interdisciplinary School with Prof Carl Gombrich
LIS is building a new university based on interdisciplinarity and tackling complex real-world problems. Instead of specialising in a single subject area, our students learn through a problem-based in…
376: Diversity in teaching, teacher recruitment and retention with Dr. Joshua Fullard
Joshua Fullard is an Assistant Professor at the Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, and a Research Associate at the Research Centre on Micro-Social Change, University of Essex.
His researc…
375: Mindspire Tutoring and Test Prep with Shahar Link
Shahar Link, the CEO and founder of Mindspire Tutoring and Test Prep, has been at the forefront of the test preparation and academic excellence arena for over a decade.
With a career spanning 25 year…
374: How to become the solution to any problem with Tracy Pleschourt
Tracy Pleschourt is a certified professional and personal coach as well as an entrepreneur. She is also the founder of Self-Made U, a life coaching school that teaches men and women how to become the…
373: Raising financially responsible children with Kevin Whelan
Education, support and guidance to help parents, grandparents and relatives raise financially responsible children, teenagers and young adults.
Kevin Whelan is an economist, author, the Founder of Wea…
372: Professional Learning Community with Nathaniel Provencio
Nathaniel Provencio has worked in the public education field since 2001 as a classroom teacher, building administrator and associate superintendent . In 2010, he became the principal of Minnieville E…
371: How to create a compelling and unique CV with Graeme Jordan
Graeme helps people to understand and communicate their value to their next employer. Delivering workshops in schools, he encourages students to recognise the achievements they already have and the v…
370: Online mentoring program for tweens from I believe in Me
Katie, Becky, and Allie are three moms who know what it's like to raise a family, with a total of 17 children between them, they are in the trenches of motherhood. But along with being a mom, with th…
369: ONVU Learning with Matthew Tiplin
ONVU Learning is a 360-degree video lesson capture system that helps teachers reflect, collaborate and analyse their entire teaching and learning process. It creates a community space where teachers …
368: More Than A Score with Alison Ali
Children are More Than A Score
More Than A Score is here to change the way children are assessed and schools are judged.
Primary school children in England are let down by a system that cares more abou…
367: Positive Mindset Habits for Teachers with Grace Stevens
A former corporate girl, Grace quit her VP life to pursue her dream job as a public school teacher. After 20 years in the classroom, she now focuses full-time on helping educators have a more positiv…
366: Little Troopers with Louise Fetigan
Little Troopers is a registered charity supporting service children who have parent(s) serving in our British Armed Forces, regular or reserve. These children often face unique challenges including f…
365: The Socratic Experience with Michael Strong
Michael Strong is the most experienced developer of innovative educational programs in the US and the Founder of The Socratic Experience, an online school based on Socratic dialogue that emphasizes p…
364: Are you stuck? Try BREAKTHROUGHS with Keith Nelson
Keith Nelson's academic foundations include a B.A. from Harvard, Ph.D from Yale, and stimulating experiences as a collaborative faculty member at Stanford, Graduate Faculty of New School for Social r…
363: Global Equality Collective with Nic Ponsford
After working in education for over 20 years as a teacher, school leader, trainer, and coach, Nic wanted to find an accessible means to make ordinary classrooms extraordinarily inclusive.
Nic is pass…
362: New communication strategies for parents of teens with Jeanine Mouchawar
Jeanine Mouchawar is a life coach for parents of teenagers. She helps make parenting easier by teaching new communication strategies that stop the battles and create a calm, peaceful home. Parents le…
361: How children can become involved in documenting their own learning with Tapestry
Ben Case from Tapestry, an online learning journal used in thousands of primary schools and early years settings, has been working with teaching staff at Arundel C of E Primary School for the past tw…
360: Dolphin Computer Access with Noel Duffy & Josh Murphy
Assistive technology to improve accessibility in education for students with visual impairments or neurodiverse conditions.
Noel Duffy, Chairman of the Board, Dolphin Computer Access
Awarded the RNIB (…
359: A life in education with Prof Dr Ger Graus OBE
Prof Dr Ger Graus OBE, an iconic figure in the field of education.
A renowned expert on educational innovation and community engagement, he was the first Global Director of Education at the world-fam…