Break the cycle – Decolonising the curriculum interview
Interview with Dwain Brandy from the OCL Break the cycle seminar, discussing practical solutions towards an Anti-racist curriculum.
Tagged: role models
Out of 21,356 headteachers in England, only 277 are Black! Who are they?
Before starting my master’s in educational leadership and enrolling on the BME leadership development programme, I had never heard of or met a Black Headteacher/Principal. Within the school environment, black staff are typically represented...
Systematic Barriers: Black pupils are three times more likely to get excluded than any other ethnic group
Five years ago, I was disturbed when I researched the statistics of the attainment of Black Caribbean children to find a legacy of underachievement and high levels of exclusion rates in UK public schools. Fast forward to the present day,...
Issues of race in Secondary Education: Breaking through the concrete ceiling
Dwain Brandy Abstract Black Asian Minority Ethnic (abbreviated to BAME) practitioners are disproportionately under-represented in leadership positions in Secondary schools in England. There is a lack of inclusivity within the literature supporting the Distributed...
Investing in the Diversity of Black and Global Majority Leaders in Schools
The groundbreaking Investing in Diversity training was set up by Rosemary Campbell-Stephens, specifically for practitioners of Black and Global Majority (BGM) heritage. This bespoke leadership programs has been effective due to the personalised approach...
BLACK BRITISH HISTORY: BLACK INFLUENCES ON BRITISH CULTURE
Black British History: Black influences on British Culture. This new book aimed at parents and teachers who would like solid information to teach their children Modern Black British History, and to exercise the historical...
Beyond Black History month: Black and Global Majority (BGM) representation across the curriculum
Representation Matters. Using a range of examples of Black and Global Majority (BGM) role models across all of the subjects taught in schools will contribute towards changing the narrative of cultural stereotypes in education. BGM role models...
How does unconscious bias affect you?
An example of good practice for encouraging diversity exists at the University of Manchester (University of Manchester, 2016), during the recruitment process they use an Implicit Association Test Beattie (2012), which measures unconscious...
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...
