Debate and discussion around Darren McGarvey’s documentary, The State We’re In: Education

Join Heather Wright & Jane Considine for thoughts and responses to a recent documentary by Darren McGarvey as he visits 5 education settings, from Glasgow to Finland, looking for ways we can bridge the gap between the haves and the have nots.

Heartbursts from Jane and Big Love from Heather xxx 💕💕💕

Find Jane at https://www.janeconsidine.com/

Find Heather at https://wherereadingrocks.com/

Email the show (and get a badge!) at: Heather@theteachersquadpodcast.com Jane@theteachersquadpodcast.com

Links from the show:

The documentary - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001wtlw/darren-mcgarvey-the-state-were-in-series-1-2-education

Open University partnership on the documentary - https://connect.open.ac.ukdarren-mcgarvey/

Estonia Education article - https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/mar/27/free-lunches-brain-breaks-and-happy-teachers-why-estonia-has-the-best-schools-in-europe Heather read from - https://www.joshuaseigal.co.uk/lets-hear-it-for-teachers

Punk school - https://x.com/xpschool?s=21&t=-DJPB9i0hRpBkUnj88wBew Punk school - https://xpschool.org/

St Martin’s School - https://x.com/stmartinspsgcc?s=21&t=-DJPB9i0hRpBkUnj88wBew

Kurt Hahn and Ten Expeditionary Learning Principles - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Hahn