‘Ideological reasons’ behind lack of Black history in schools, MP says
Bell Ribeiro-Addy said the Government’s reluctance to make black history mandatory serves a ‘blatant political function’ during a debate.
Tag: education
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Osime Brown’s case is a reflection of the UK’s racist, ableist state and its institutions
On 15 June, Osime Brown’s mother announced that the Home Office has dropped the deportation case against her 22-year-old autistic ...
Police in UK schools will only serve to criminalise vulnerable pupils
Kids of Colour and the Northern Police Monitoring Project (NPMP) have launched a petition calling on the Greater Manchester Combined ...
Ministers accused of ‘covering up’ underfunding of early years education
A new report by an early years organisation says ministers knew they were underfunding the sector, passing on the costs ...
Ofsted’s report reveals what every teenage girl already knows. That rape culture is everywhere.
A report published by Ofsted on 10 June has revealed that sexual harassment has become "normalised" for children and young ...
Forget tutoring and longer days. Our school system needs a complete overhaul.
After over a year of disrupted learning, the already large disadvantage gap in UK education has blown apart. As a ...
£1.4bn pupil catch-up cash branded ‘pitiful’ as recovery tsar admits more is needed
The money will be used to offer students up to 100 million hours of tuition following school closures during the ...
I’m a GCSE student. The government promised they wouldn’t screw us over. They lied.
The past two years have been disproportionately difficult for students, with GCSE and A-Level students in particular feeling the brunt. ...
These pioneering Palestinian children are trying not to be silenced by Israel’s bombs
Despite the intense violence Palestinians are currently facing, pioneering children and teachers from the country are trying to make sure ...
Kids and parents say ‘hands off our school’ to unwanted academy order
Community campaigners are fighting back against attempts to turn their Sussex primary school into an academy. NEU members will go ...
This charity is teaching children that Black British history is British history
AQA has approved Black Learning Achievement and Mental Health UK (BLAM) to deliver educational units on Black British history. The ...
28 years since the murder of Stephen Lawrence, and we’re still fighting for racial justice
On 22 April, we commemorate the 28th anniversary of the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence. His untimely death led to ...
Children’s Laureate warns of ‘vast inequality’ in primary school libraries
Cressida Cowell has signed an open letter to the Prime Minister calling on him to ring-fence funding for school libraries.
Locking up children in the name of ‘charity’ is yet another reason why we must Kill the Bill
Protesters up and down the country have taken to the streets, and a broad-based coalition has come together to fight ...
Government ministers accused of failing to take steps to tackle sexual assault in schools
As an inquiry is launched into an increasing amount of sexual abuse allegations in schools, ministers are said to have ...
Secret Teacher | Schools urgently need funding to tackle the impact of a year of restrictions
Now that school life is getting back to some form of normality (whatever that is these days), we're starting to ...
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