Building Minds Through Talk

Leah Crawford has 15 years' experience as a local authority English inspector/adviser, working across both the primary and secondary phases, and now leads the Thinktalk education consultancy. She is an associate tutor for King's College London's Let's Think in English cognitive acceleration programme and also works in support of a European Erasmus project on the assessment of thinking skills. Laurie Smith has been a Lecturer in Education and Research Associate at King's College London and Chief Examiner for the National Curriculum KS3 English test for London and East Anglia. She has been developing and promoting the Let's Think in English programme with Michael since 2009. Michael Walsh has been an English consultant for the London Borough of Islington and now co-leads the Futurezone Islington school collaborative. He has been developing and promoting the Let's Think in English programme with Laurie since 2009.