If you read just one book ...
Last week Jerry, a colleague handed me a short book, What's Next: 21 Ideas for 21st Century Learning by Charles Leadbeater, and published by the Innovation Unit. Jerry was emphatic as he placed it on my desk ... "This says what I believe ... ".
The book is available free online. I read it in a fairly short time, its not long. On reading I realised I had noted a large number of key points in the margin of what is such a concise book.
I'm not going to give away the contents, but I do urge you to read it over the summer break. It captures the essence of what teaching and learning could be if the education establishment were brave enough, and presents a stark contrast with the experiences of most children (see extracted table from the e-strategy review). Enough said. You can find it HERE.