The Misnomer of ‘School Refusal’

The Misnomer of ‘School Refusal’

The topic of mental health is inextricable from the subject of the schooling system – this will sound familiar to you if you’ve followed us for any length of time. A recent article in The Straits Times recounts a parent’s struggle with their child’s ‘school refusal’...
Reclaiming Resilience

Reclaiming Resilience

You don’t create resilience in children by throwing them in the deep end at school and forcing them to cope. That’s how you create resentment. That’s like sending the average person into the gym to lift 100 kg and saying that if they just do enough...
The Education Revolution is Already Here

The Education Revolution is Already Here

We often look to the West—with an almost wistful fatalism—for many symbols of progressiveness in societal structures. Schooling is no exception. In Canada, for example, all school-aged children are entitled to a full educational programme regardless of any...
Beyond Books & Classrooms: Where The Real Learning Happens

Beyond Books & Classrooms: Where The Real Learning Happens

Most parents tend to associate the word “education” with “books,” “school,” and “lessons”—there’s little wonder that this is the case, given the way mainstream schooling permeates the very fabric of education as we know it. Even those just dipping their toes into...
How Will Kids Ever Know What They Want To Do?

How Will Kids Ever Know What They Want To Do?

We get to age 18 and we’re expected to decide on a career path or a University degree and we have no idea what we want to do. Some people take a gap year to ‘find themselves’ – and I wonder when they lost themselves.  Is this not itself an indictment of the pressures...