Education On Fire - Sharing creative and inspiring learning in our schools

We celebrate the release of our 250th episode with an inspirational conversation with Andria Zafirakou - 2018 Global Teacher Prize winner and founder of the charity Artists in Residence. Andria, a teacher at Alperton Community School in Brent, won $1 million when she was crowned the best teacher in the world by the Varkey Foundation. Andria was born in north-west London to Greek-Cypriot parents an...

Mark Taylor shares everything EdTech with conversations from those speaking, attending and exhibiting live from the Bett Show in London 24th March 2022. ViewSonic very kindly invited me to be involved with their EdTech Talks. You can watch my conversation with Peter Claxton and Peter Godwin now. The Role of Podcasts in Education Marketing and Education Technology | BETT 2022 EdTech Talks Listen to...

Simon Antwis is Senior Education Consultant at STEER Education. He has been a headteacher of three schools and a school inspector. STEER Education is a whole-school mental health platform that empowers teachers to measure, track and improve the self regulation and mental wellbeing of young people. It supports being proactive in safeguarding young people’s mental health. STEER Education exists to p...

Moira is a Registered Nutritional Therapist and Wellbeing Coach who specialises in helping men and women with or without a diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome or long covid to regain their energy through a combination of nutrition and other lifestyle changes. Chronic fatigue is not for life, you can fully recover. Moira can support you to understand what has gone wrong with your energy productio...

Iona Jackson is Head of Research at Edurio, managing a team of survey experts and data analysts through projects relating to stakeholder feedback in schools. New Edurio research reveals half of children feel stressed and a quarter feel lonely. Edurio has published their latest research examining pupil wellbeing, support systems in school and how pupils feel about school. The study drew on response...

Study Help was co-founded by academic expert, Aimee Buckley. With over 25 years of teaching experience, Aimee is a highly sought-after expert and has been featured in many podcasts. With a distinguished career as a public school teacher (with a focus in Special Needs Education), she is uniquely qualified to ensure that our students get the help they need to be truly successful at school! Their mis...

Cypher Learning NEO is the next-generation platform your school has been waiting for. It’s the ideal solution for all learning activities, whether it’s creating content, assessing students, or tracking student achievement. NEO provides a refreshingly new way to teach and learn that boosts student engagement and makes teaching easier. With an intuitive design and powerful features, NEO has all the...

Astro Pi Challenge calls on young people to run their own experiments on the International Space Station. I find out more from Olympia Brown, Head of Youth Partnerships, Raspberry Pi Foundation.  Two upgraded Raspberry Pi computers were launched to the International Space Station (ISS) in December 2021, enabling young people aged 19 and under to run scientific experiments in space and communi...

Gail Swift is fiercely committed to guiding students and families to take action in their natural abilities. As a proven professional who can guide you to address how your child solves problems, the questions to motivate them, and their ideal career you’ve come to the right place! Gail’s work has impacted lives, such as Brittany, a 15 yr. old with anxiety who believed that she was “not normal” whe...

Dr. Roger Parrott is the President of Belhaven University in Jackson, Mississippi, one of the fastest growing and most innovative colleges, serving 5,000 students, including an online campus in China. Belhaven was named one of “America’s Best Colleges to Work For” by the Chronicle of Higher Education. He was named one of “The 10 Most Visionary Education Leaders of 2021” by Education Magazine. Dr....

In this episode Mark explains how the Education on Fire will take a break in April and relaunch with a celebration of episode 250. Please leave your comments about how you are involved in education at www.facebook.com/EducationOnFire This will help us created the best content we can for YOU. Show Sponsor The National Association for Primary Education speaks for young children and all who live and...

Scott L. Steward is the Founder and CEO of Genius Lab. Genius Lab has an exemplary mission of exposing the youth to the possibilities of learning and exploring their inner greatness to think boldly in achieving accomplishments. Scott Steward encompasses over 30 years of business experience working with Fortune 500 companies and has taught business and entrepreneurship at the collegiate level. He a...

Aaron Huey is the founder of “Parenting Teens that Struggle” and the Host of the #1 Parenting Podcast “Beyond Risk and Back” which is Mental Health News Radio Network's highest-rated show internationally. He is also a Parent Coach for parents of kids at risk, a teen addiction interventionist, facilitates powerful parenting events, and is a very happy husband and father of 2 young adults. Aaron is...

Deborah Godfrey, certified Parent Educator, brings over 30 years of expertise in the parenting education field. Through her business, POSITIVE PARENTING, she teaches the Redirecting Children’s Behavior parenting skills class and the Redirecting for a Cooperative Classroom training in schools and community centers around the world. She has served many organizations including C.A.A.N (Child Abuse an...

This week I reflect on how 2021 has affected me and the children I am involved with. I look at some of the positive opportunities and outcomes we have explored on the podcast while understanding the two main things to consider. What can I do today to make a difference? What major whole scale changes can we move towards in our life, classroom, school and even as an education system.

A very short thank you from me to you for everything we have shared in 2021. I hope your holidays are full of love and joy. Mark x

Ashish Fernando founded iSchoolConnect in 2017 to solve the pain point of many parents and children: getting hassle-free admission in foreign colleges. After going through the same trouble of finding a college to study that fit his needs, Ashish launched iSchoolConnect with a vision to democratize the global admissions market for graduate and undergraduate programs. Through the effective use of ar...

Brian LaBovick is the CEO and Founder of LaBovick Law Group in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. What most excites Brian these days is ‘Safety 4 Life Foundation’ – his foundation focused on improving youth’s safety regarding the road, the internet, the police, and human trafficking. The Safety 4 Life Foundation creates impactful educational programs designed to change dangerous behavior on an...

Dr. Norrine Russell is the founder and owner of Russell Coaching for Students, an international student coaching practice that provides support for typical and atypical students in the areas of executive functioning, social and emotional skills, academic and study skills, and other life skills. With twenty years of experience supporting healthy youth development and conducting parenting education,...

Dr. Shemmassian is the Founder of Shemmassian Academic Consulting and one of the world’s foremost experts on medical school admissions, college admissions, and graduate school admissions. For nearly 20 years, he and his team have helped thousands of students get into medical school and top colleges using his systematic and proprietary approach. Dr. Shemmassian received his B.S. in Human Developmen...

Kohila Sivas is the creator of the revolutionary MathCodes Method™, a unique system designed to recover learning loss in math. Kohila blended the math hacks she discovered to demystify math and merged them with a coaching methodology that can transform any struggling student. She developed the system over 22 years working one on one with over 1500 struggling students. Kohila was once a struggling...

Shellee Howard is the Founder and CEO of College Ready and CR Tutoring and Test . She is a college graduate and is a Certified Independent College Strategist. She is a best-selling author, a member of HECA (ethics organization), and a member of SOFA (Society of Financial Awareness).  Shellee is a mother of 4 young adults. Her oldest son graduated from Harvard in 2016 debt free and graduated f...

Edurio  and the team has just completed its latest research about equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI). The report, titled  ‘Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Among School Staff ’, involved  more than 16,500 respondents  from 381 schools in England - the largest review of schools as workplaces.    The key findings:  Less than half of school staff feel their wo...

Lois Letchford’s dyslexia came to light at the age of 39, when she faced teaching her seven-year-old non-reading son, Nicholas. Examining her reading failure caused her to adapted and change lessons for her son. The results were dramatic. Lois qualified as a reading specialist to use her non-traditional background, multi-continental experience and passion to assist other failing students. Her teac...

Peter Claxton is Senior Director EdTech Solutions at ViewSonic. He is an experienced Education Consultant and Strategy Senior Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the education computer software industry. Peter has spoken all over the world and has 35 Years of Global EdTech experience. Peter's career started as a classroom teacher, immediately recognising the benefits that EdTech brin...