This isn't a clickbait headline.
After today, Teach Outside The Robot will officially come to an end.
In its place will be something that better reflects both the world we're living in—and the conversations we've been having together.
Let me explain.
Teach Outside The Robot was born from my first book, The Action Hero Teacher, published in 2019.
Back then, my focus was simple: helping teachers engage, motivate and manage behaviour in the classroom. It was a privilege to become known as "the classroom behaviour guy," and I'm incredibly grateful for everyone who has been part of that journey.
But over the past seven years, the world has changed dramatically.
COVID-19, AI, rogue presidents, corrupt systems, the cost-of-living crisis and a shrinking jobs market are changing our world faster than we can keep up.
Together, they're transforming our world into one that is alien to our grandparents, parents and heck, alien to some of us folk now.
Gradually, I realised that the challenges facing young people went far beyond classroom behaviour.
The anxiety and stress we see in young people isn’t ‘poor’ behaviour but nervous systems that are being shocked daily by these disruptions.
And it isn't just young people feeling the pressure.
Parents, teachers and employers are all trying to make sense of a future that often feels uncertain.
That's why I launched The Maverick School Podcast.
Not simply to talk about education, but to explore the bigger questions shaping the next generation.
This newsletter now needs to do the same.
So, from the next edition onwards, Teach Outside The Robot will become The Maverick School Journal.
The mission remains simple:
Exploring the questions school never encouraged us to ask.
Every fortnight, I'll continue sharing ideas at the intersection of education, technology, work and society—helping young adults, parents and educators make better sense of a rapidly changing world.
The format will feel familiar, but over the coming months I'll be introducing a few new ideas that I'm genuinely excited about.
Your first edition will arrive on Monday, 10 August 2026. From then on, expect a new Journal every other Monday.
I hope you'll come with me.
Because if there's one thing the last few years have taught us, it's that the world isn't slowing down.
Neither should our curiosity.
This new format allows me to talk about a broader range of subjects that can help our young people and beyond.
Including this week's Maverick School Podcast interview with Sacha Dsane, where she answered my burning question:
Why do so many of us struggle with money?
Known as 'The Money Lady', Sacha has spent nearly 20 years in senior roles across Lloyds Bank, Barclays, Halifax and Templar Financial Planning before founding Financial Harmony to make financial education accessible to everyone.
After spending her career working with all types of people of the financial spectrum, her message is simple but powerful:
People rarely struggle because they lack money. And the solution to your money problems is more straightforward than you think.
In this episode, we explore:
💷 The number one psychological reason people struggle with money—regardless of how much they earn.
💷 The hidden beliefs about money most of us inherit as children—and how they shape our adult lives.
💷 What so many people get wrong about cryptocurrency and what that could cost them everything
💷 The common financial tool that financial experts celebrate but could be holding you back
If you are a parent, educator, or simply someone who wishes they'd learned about money much earlier in life, I think you'll find this conversation fascinating.
Bring a notebook and a pen and be ready to take notes.
🎙️ Listen now on your favourite podcast platform.
Apple Podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ep11-the-1-money-belief-that-holds-most-people-back/id1881678199?i=1000777555344
Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/episode/1fBALdfmmonpQ0vHHfwPPg?si=39e410bca8e8472d
Podbean
https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-m2sjs-1b1700d
As always, if you have any thoughts, questions or ideas, just hit reply. I read every email.
See you in the Journal.
Karl
