Innovation shared at TEDX

Chelsea Channing

By Chelsea Channing
Published November 26, 2014

When an opportunity to present at a prestigious TEDx event came knocking, principal of Victoria’s Templestowe College, Peter Hutton, was listening.

Hutton has been making waves with innovative approaches to student-controlled learning, and after the school featured on the front page ...

This story appeared in the December 2014 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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