Kris Boulton
@krisboulton.bsky.social
Chief Product Officer & Chief Education Officer
@up_learn. Former Director of @TeamUpHub.
@up_learn. Former Director of @TeamUpHub.
We’ve been working with Fraser Sands (Head of Department) and Matt Dryden since April; their thinking is razor sharp, their ambition is inspiring, and already they’re seeing the impact in their own classes. Get involved while you can.
October 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
We’ve been working with Fraser Sands (Head of Department) and Matt Dryden since April; their thinking is razor sharp, their ambition is inspiring, and already they’re seeing the impact in their own classes. Get involved while you can.
Conversely, if success every day is guaranteed, does that not calm a great many of these stormy waters?
No extra work for us, focus on our core responsibilities, honing expertise in teaching, making kids joyful and successful, all while reducing anxieties associated with failure.
Am I being naive?
No extra work for us, focus on our core responsibilities, honing expertise in teaching, making kids joyful and successful, all while reducing anxieties associated with failure.
Am I being naive?
The problem with mindfulness in schools
Mindfulness is hugely popular across the world and there is a question to be asked about whether it could prove useful at scale in schools and colleges.
It is clear that mental health referrals are u...
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July 5, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Conversely, if success every day is guaranteed, does that not calm a great many of these stormy waters?
No extra work for us, focus on our core responsibilities, honing expertise in teaching, making kids joyful and successful, all while reducing anxieties associated with failure.
Am I being naive?
No extra work for us, focus on our core responsibilities, honing expertise in teaching, making kids joyful and successful, all while reducing anxieties associated with failure.
Am I being naive?
No doubt there are issues this doesn't tackle head on: difficulties at home, bullying; schools are necessarily social spaces
But if we cannot guarantee a psychologically safe environment where every child knows they will learn and be successful every single day, does that not compound those issues?
But if we cannot guarantee a psychologically safe environment where every child knows they will learn and be successful every single day, does that not compound those issues?
July 5, 2025 at 8:47 AM
No doubt there are issues this doesn't tackle head on: difficulties at home, bullying; schools are necessarily social spaces
But if we cannot guarantee a psychologically safe environment where every child knows they will learn and be successful every single day, does that not compound those issues?
But if we cannot guarantee a psychologically safe environment where every child knows they will learn and be successful every single day, does that not compound those issues?
Rather than our having to 'do more,' to bolt more on to the school's offer, we would get to focus on honing and refining the very thing that brought us into teaching: assuring children's academic success.
July 5, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Rather than our having to 'do more,' to bolt more on to the school's offer, we would get to focus on honing and refining the very thing that brought us into teaching: assuring children's academic success.