Involve journal
Notes from the anti-modular way
Product news, school stories and practical thinking on replacing a stack of modules with one platform your whole community will actually use.
17 August 2026
The breakthrough of Involve School Portal
A Lesson From Trains: The London Underground Before Harry Beck The London Underground was once a chaotic mess. In the early 1900s, every Tube line was owned by a different company,…
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17 August 2026
Which MIS is the best (least worst)?
School Management Information Systems (MIS) are one of those things that every school needs but nobody truly loves. They’re supposed to be the backbone of school operations—handlin…
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17 August 2026
Is a Pint of German Beer The Origin of British Education?
The UK education system is a sprawling beast—layered, complex, and often baffling. But where did it all begin? If we follow the trail of historical breadcrumbs far enough, we might…
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17 August 2026
Behaviour: Are We Basically Good or Bad?
Behaviour in schools. It’s the hot potato of education—endlessly tossed around, always burning your tongue if you bite into it. So I proceed with trepidation… everyone has an opini…
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17 August 2026
How Puzzles Change Everything
From Drum Teacher to EdTech Maverick At the heart of the Shortest PATH framework lies one unshakable truth: puzzles are life. Not the Sudoku-on-Sunday kind (though those are fun), …
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17 August 2026
Does It Really Matter If Your Calendars Aren’t Unified?
Imagine running a circus. The spotlight is on, the crowd is buzzing… but no one’s quite sure where the clowns are, when the acrobats are due to fly, or whether the lion tamer has d…
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17 August 2026
Diary Hard
How a single-source-of-truth calendar is your Bruce Willis The school office was under siege. Hans Calendar had stormed in and was firing timetable amendments everywhere. Double bo…
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17 August 2026
7 Ops Challenges Schools Face…
…And Why They’re Not Going Anywhere School operations are like that one sweater in your wardrobe: functional, but full of holes; ill-fitting, yet somehow still in your regular rota…
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