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Sarah Montague interviews creativity expert and writer Sir Ken Robinson, who believes schools can crush the creative talent of children in the name of testing and comparison. Show more
28 minutes
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What really makes a difference to a child's ability? Homework? Class size? Sarah Montague interviews the author of one of the biggest research projects into schools and teaching. Show more
28 minutes
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The headmaster of one of the UK's most influential private schools talks to Sarah Montague about the success and stigma of Eton College. Show more
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Teacher and writer Daisy Christodoulou tells Sarah Montague why she thinks a generation of children are being taught the wrong things. Show more
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Paul Howard-Jones studies the effect of gaming and gambling on the brain, and tells Sarah Montague how they can be used in teaching to make more effective learners. Show more
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Professor of educational technology Sugata Mitra tells Sarah Montague that formal education is out of date, because children learn best when they educate themselves. Show more
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Is the way we talk about maths killing the joy of the subject? Professor Jo Boaler tells Sarah Montague why we must get over our fears of getting it wrong. Show more
28 minutes
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Former hedge fund analyst Sal Khan has set up an online academy where anybody can access his free tutorials. He tells Sarah Montague his vision for the classroom of the future. Show more
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Sarah Montague visits a KIPP school in Harlem, New York, where students have a better-than-average chance of completing a degree, because of their focus on character strengths. Show more
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Finland has one of the highest-performing education systems in the world, yet it is overhauling the way schools teach to make lessons relevant for the 21st century. Show more
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Sarah Montague finds out how a failing school improves, by looking at one of the secondary schools at the centre of Birmingham's so-called Trojan Horse scandal. Show more
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Sarah Montague speaks to Doug Lemov, who studies the most effective classroom teachers to understand what makes them successful. Show more
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Sarah Montague visits the Pen Green Centre in Corby, Northamptonshire, which has been educating parents alongside their children for 30 years. Show more
