Category: General
Saturday Suplementary Schools
In general, Black males from an afro Caribbean heritage still underperform in school compared their white counterparts. This along with a rigid ‘Anglo-centric’ curriculum and the news of less world history being included within...
Ragged Schools, Grammar Schools and Social Segregation
The ‘Ragged Schools’ were developed in working class areas in Victorian Britain and was the start of free comprehensive schooling. These schools were set up for the poorest families in contrast to the private...
BME teachers often given stereotypical roles in schools
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/14/bme-teachers-stereotypical-roles-in-schools?CMP=fb_gu Interesting read. This also supports the importance of positive role models in education. Is there a need for positive discrimination, as suggested by Sir Michael Gove (mentioned in the previous articles), to fast...