Tara Baumgarten of Sora Schools on how the online school started, organising self-directed learning, how to develop new…Listen now | Tara Baumgarten is the product manager at Sora Schools, an online school setup by the trio of Garrett Smiley, Indra Sofian and Wesley Samples. Instead of providing a traditional school timetable, Sora is a project-based learning environment where students can start…
Class Futures: Education Alliance Finland CEO Olli Vallo on why certification is important for learning solutions, tips on…Listen now (32 min) | Ollie Vallo is CEO of Education Alliance Finland (EAF), a company which specialises in evaluating and certifying learning solutions against different teaching methods and curricula around the world. EAF works globally and has customers from over 25…
Class Futures: Patrick Foster on gambling, how he lost £58,000 on a single horse in the Cheltenham Gold Cup, his recovery from addiction, and the launch of his new book, Might BiteListen now (36 min) | Patrick Foster is Head of Delivery for Education and Corporate Social Responsibility at EPIC Risk Management, a company which aims to prevent gambling from harming people and organisations. He is also author of his new book 'Might Bite: The Secret Life of a…
Head of International Assessments for the Education and Youth Board of Estonia, Gunda Tire, explains why the Estonian model…Listen now | Estonia is a small country with a population of 1.3m, yet its education model is extremely innovative. It has a high PISA ranking in its assessments for reading, maths and science and has a strategy to provide individualised learning for pupils by 2035.
Class Futures: Interactive Investor's personal finance teacher of the year, Darren Collins, on financial education, his route into teaching, what inspires him, and how he won the 2021 awardListen now (24 min) | In the latest episode on Class Futures, I spoke to Darren Collins who teaches financial studies at The Sittingbourne School in…
