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He said: "This has been our biggest innovation, and it is one of the reasons for our success." The key to promoting innovation in education was trust in teachers, said Lankinen, pointing out that Finland has no inspection system, national tests or league tables. - Rosie Sherry

In 2008, the Learning Skills Foundation put on a series of four lectures based around the theme, 'Why Educate?' These lectures provided a platform for some of the leading academics to address fundamental questions about the nature of the education system in this country. The Independent is delighted to be able to offer you a free download of the book, Why Educate? for a limited period only. - Rosie Sherry

The survey began on 12th June 2009 and the last response was collected on 6th October 2009. The survey was publicised via home education internet lists, home educators’ Facebook pages, as well as in a direct mailshot to all families in membership of Education Otherwise and the Home Education Advisory Service. - Rosie Sherry

The man behind a major inquiry into primary education today accuses Ed Balls and his ministers of "lashing out wildly" and dismissing his review findings without properly reading it. - Rosie Sherry

Home pupils more likely to be known by social services and be out of work, education or training. (This is very bad reporting, inaccurate http://www.guardian.co.uk/educati...) - Rosie Sherry

Urban Prep is a single-sex charter school, a part state-funded school – a bit like Britain's academies. But here, all of the 450 male students are African-American, and 85% come from single-parent households. About 90% of the teachers and all the school leaders are African-American men. The majority of them are young, dedicated, ambitious and inspirational – deliberate role models. Many, including the principal, didn't have formal qualifications for their jobs when they were appointed. Urban Prep's founder, the charismatic Tim King, was willing to look beyond traditional recruitment pipelines and take risks. The staffing is essential to his vision. - Rosie Sherry

Interesting to see Guardian planning to launch a local news service through local peeps/bloggers. - Rosie Sherry

a news site - Rosie Sherry

Publish your own magazines. - Rosie Sherry

PieLab - an interesting physical space project. http://www.pielab.org/ - Rosie Sherry

With reference to <a href="http://kottke.org/09...">http://kottke.org/09...</a> "What's gonna happen to Apple if something happens with Steve Jobs? That's why it needs to be about a movement, not about a person or even a specific company." It could be risky when things rely on people for success. Coworking is a good example of a movement that is a success and is unlikely to fail because it doesn't rely on one single person to be pushing the concept. Are there any other good example? - Rosie Sherry

The Home Educated Youth Council (HEYC) is an independent voice for home educated youth in the UK. Founded at HESFES 2009, HEYC was formed and is run entirely by home educated youth who became frustrated with the sheer lack of regard for the voices of children within the Badman Report. We intend to challenge the view of the DCSF that home educated children are simply mouthpieces for the views held by their parents. Although we are capable of speaking for ourselves, as a combined voice it will be harder for the Government to ignore us: the home educated. - Rosie Sherry

I love Get Satisfaction's commitment to community. Here they provide videos (webcasts) on topics of building communities. - Rosie Sherry

No child leaves Treviglas community college in Newquay as a neet (not in employment, education or training). Headteacher Helen Mathieson simply doesn't allow it. Her school – the only 11-18 institution in Cornwall to be graded as "outstanding" by Ofsted, up from "satisfactory" just three years ago, she tells me – is "almost messianic" in its belief that every child should succeed. - Rosie Sherry

Mike Baker hopes some major changes are finally in the offing - Rosie Sherry

This was discussed at TAIC Part - Rosie Sherry

We have been busy at NM Towers with the help of our friends at Hotwire contributing to articles and generally getting ourselves and our opinions out and about on the social media scene. - Rosie Sherry

It’s been a while since I blogged, I know. But this time I have a good excuse. Seriously. It’s a very, very good excuse. You see, I’ve started a Social Network and Community for Robotics - Brighton Robotics - and it’s somewhat swallowed all my spare time. - Rosie Sherry

Last Thursday we attended the annual Wired Sussex Jobs + Skills Fair, held at Brighton’s Corn Exchange. Over 1,000 job seekers turned up for the event, meeting exhibiting companies and digital media course providers and taking part in specially organised activities. - Rosie Sherry

Brighton tweeple 'Twit the night away' for charity: Brightwest, part of the international event Twestival kicked off in spectacular style on the 12th of February, raising £2435 for charity:water. - Rosie Sherry

Issue 154 of Web Designer Magazine has a double page spread featuring me and some of my web work. I made it into the ‘portfolio’ area of the magazine’s ‘Creative Careers’ section, which features some screenshots and a has a few words about my path into web design and my approach to website construction. - Rosie Sherry

I just got back from a geek event down the street: £5 App. I had fun talking about Huffduffer. You can download the slides or see them on Slideshare. I was all set to record the presentation using Audio Hijack but, while I remembered to click “hijack”, I stupidly forgot to press “record.” Sorry. - Rosie Sherry

When given a chance to let their minds go, it's amazing what children can come up with. In Bristol, a special style of lesson has been developed precisely to give pupils in Key Stage 3 (11 to 14-year-olds) an opportunity to further investigate questions and issues like this. In these lessons, called Enquiring Minds, pupils are given a general steer - for example global warming - and are encouraged to explore relevant issues that capture their imaginations. - Rosie Sherry

Children in England are getting a primary education that is too narrow, because schools focus too much on maths and English, claims a major report. - Rosie Sherry

Coworking space in Lewes, East Sussex, UK. - Rosie Sherry

We’re having the 3rd in our intermittent series of Brighton Python meetups, next week we join 40+ local geek freelancers of Brighton Farm to help them celebrate their 6th anniversary. - Rosie Sherry

Some were there to do business, others just to socialise and meet new friends, but for most attendees of last night’s Twitter-meet Brightwest, it was a little bit of both. The rise of social media has meant a blurring of lines between personal and professional lives, but rather than feeling uncomfortable about it, most of the folks we talked to last night seemed happy enough to be wearing multiple hats and reaping the obvious benefits of doing so. - Rosie Sherry

We’re sponsoring the bar down @Brightwest tonight – in the heart of Brighton, probably one of the world’s most passionate outposts of the global Twestival Smackdown today. It’s getting late here what with one thing and another, but before I cashed in my bar chips I wanted to set down why I think Twestival is important… - Rosie Sherry

We are pleased to announce the launch of the first in a series of workshops which aim to demystify the world of digital marketing. The first workshop will take place on Thursday 5th March at The Lighthouse in Brighton. - Rosie Sherry

Today I've been co-working at the brand new Lewes Werks. Co-working means to work in an office with people who are not your colleagues, which is ideal for self-employed people or homeworkers. It's being run by the same people who run the Brighton Werks, so the philosophy is the same; to provide a shared workspace for creative workers, with an emphasis on the social side of work. There are also two separate rooms that would suit small companies of 4-6 people. - Rosie Sherry