Shoot The Messenger: Be Part of the Change
I am honoured that my essay titled ‘Be part of the change’, focused on breaking the cycle of systematic racism in education is now featured in the newly released blue-ray edition of the British...
I am honoured that my essay titled ‘Be part of the change’, focused on breaking the cycle of systematic racism in education is now featured in the newly released blue-ray edition of the British...
Interview with Dwain Brandy discussing strategies used to decolonise the curriculum at Oasis Community Learning
Looking forward to sharing the progress made towards an anti-racist curriculum at our school at this event. See the event details below
The Why The National Curriculum is framed in an Anglo centric perspective, where victors and ‘pioneers’ have written the history and defined the narrative in all subjects. Consequently, this has resulted in the ‘racial...
Following the feedback from our staff anti-racism training, we have produced a ‘racism interrupters’ help script laminated into cards to fit into staff lanyards along with a ‘restorative conversations’ help script. The aim is...
Local coverage in Manchester Evening News, discussing the Anti-Racist education that we have implemented at our school and Oasis Community Learning. The aim is still to make an educational change and inspire schools to take the...
I am delighted to announce that I have been shortlisted for the 100 inspiring Teachers campaign for The Guardian and @GuardianLabsUK partnering with the Get into Teaching (department of education). The article is now...
Following the Oasis Community Learning, Break The Cycle conferences earlier this year (see Session 1 and Session 2), saw the launch of an aspirational plan with the aim of implementing an anti-racist approach at...
Interview with Dwain Brandy discussing strategies used to implement an anti racist approach at Oasis Academy Media City.
There is a general assumption that merely encouraging people to mix in an urban context will result in positive interaction and community cohesion (Hemming, 2011:65). This certainly does not work in a school context....
Looking forward to speaking at this event, discussing the progress of an Anti racist approach implemented at our school.
Interview with Dwain Brandy from the OCL Break the cycle seminar, discussing practical solutions towards an Anti-racist curriculum.
First Generation Black British (1960s – 1970s) The British Educational System has had a legacy of systematically failing black children (Richardson, 2007; Gillborn, 2008). This is my personal account of how institutionalised racism has...