Upwards Convergence Journal : Collaborative Learning Communities
189. Ten Years of Learning, Leading, and Trusting – Part 2 of 4
Posted on: 25th June 2026
Categories: Collaborative Learning Communities, Leadership, Teaching Schools
Growing Together: Our First Decade (2012–2022)![]()
In this second article in the series Jame Brown, Managing Director of Inspiring Leaders, continues his description of their evolution. James writes, when Inspiring Leaders was formed in 2012, it emerged in direct response …
Read More188. East Midlands Hub – A Learning Organisation Fifteen Years in the Making – Part Two
Posted on: 2nd June 2026
Categories: Challenge Partners, Collaborative Learning Communities, Teaching Schools
In this second article Simon Renshaw – Leicester & Leicestershire Teaching School Hub continues his description of the development of the East Midlands South Hub which is one of the founding Hubs in Challenge Partners and a Teaching School. The …
Read More187. East Midlands South Hub – A Learning Organisation Fifteen Years in the Making – Part One
Posted on: 30th April 2026
Categories: Challenge Partners, Collaborative Learning Communities, Effective Knowledge Management Approach, Teaching Schools
East Midlands South Hub – A Learning Organisation Fifteen Years in the Making – Part One
In these two articles Simon Renshaw, Leicester & Leicestershire Teaching School Hub describes the development of the East Midlands South Hub which is one …
Read More185. Choosing collaboration over competition – Part 1 of 4
Posted on: 12th November 2025
Categories: Collaborative Learning Communities, Teaching Schools
The First Step: Choosing Collaboration Over Competition: The Story Begins (2012)
This is the first of four articles concerning the development of the collaborative learning community – Inspiring Leaders. The author is the Managing Director James Brown.
The formation of …
Read More184. What concerns schools
Posted on: 23rd September 2025
Categories: Challenge Partners, Collaborative Learning Communities, School improvement
What endures, what evolves and what school are engaging in to improve their pupils outcomes
In May, we received a copy of Challenge Partners’ latest analysis of trends in education. This is the third in their series of reports analysing …
Read More183. Using an evidence base to improve teaching and learning in Sweden
Posted on: 2nd June 2025
Categories: Collaborative Learning Communities
In August 2024 the Head of Education, the head teacher
s, teachers and key staff at all the six schools in the Örkelljunga municipality, Sweden, started a 3 year training and tutoring to develop skillful evidence-based teaching in every classroom. …
