From project management to classroom management
Teaching is project management. Gantt charts, kanban boards, agile sprints, risk registers — the tools that run corporate programmes could transform how teachers plan and deliver their lessons.
Thoughts, Organised
by James Pares
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Education
View all →Some thoughts on teacher collaboration...
Teachers are told to collaborate. But when different styles, egos, and backgrounds collide, shared planning can become a battleground, sometimes making things harder, not easier.
Should teachers plan week by week or get it all done before term starts?
The IB says be flexible. IGCSE says follow the textbook. The truth is somewhere in the middle — and the stakes change depending on whether you teach primary or secondary.
AI
View all →Some thoughts on teamwork when vibe coding...
In the past, the bottleneck of any project was the human "typing speed"—the literal time it took for a developer to architect, write, and debug logic. Today, generative AI has obliterated that ceiling. A single developer can now produce a volume of code that would have previously required an entire pod of junior engineers.
China
View all →Should the UK be doing more trade with China?
Cheaper EVs, cheaper goods, green energy cooperation — the benefits of deeper UK-China trade are real. But so are the risks. What's the right balance?
Politics
View all →Some thoughts on fixing the NHS...
The NHS is beloved but broken. What if we replaced general taxation funding with an employer-paid insurance model that keeps care free at the point of use while introducing competition and quality incentives?