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Can we be more creative in thinking about how to scale up educational innovation?

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  1. Aged 12–14-years old.

  2. Social Silicon Valleys: a manifesto for social innovation, Young Foundation, 2006, www.youngfoundation.org.uk

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Tom Bentley, Executive Director for policy and cabinet in the Premier’s Department in Victoria, Australia, and an Associate Director of the Australia and New Zealand School of Government. He was Director of Demos from 1999 to 2006. Demos is an independent think tank in England which publishes all its work under an open access licence at www.demos.co.uk. This article draws on a Demos project on scaling up involving Paul Miller, Catherine Fieschi and David Albury.

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Bentley, T. Can we be more creative in thinking about how to scale up educational innovation?. J Educ Change 7, 339–344 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10833-006-9012-8

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