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Resisting Whiteness: anti-racist leadership in English Schools
Resisting whiteness: anti-racist leadership and professional learning in majority white senior leadership teams in English schools Claire Stewart-Hall, Penny Rabiger, Professor Vini Lander[1] and Viv
Preventing school exclusions of Black children in England
Abstract This paper explores the literature on preventive strategies to reduce exclusions of Black children in English schools which has remained as an entrenched problem
Anti-Racist Leadership Approaches in Majority White Teams
12th Festival of Education @ Wellington College 7-8 July. Session on risks of majority-white teams + anti-racist approaches to make organisations more equitable.
Why white teachers must learn to talk about race in schools: the problem unpacked
Image via Vecteezy Why do white teachers have a problem talking about race in schools? We have all learned to avoid talking about race in
Connected: over-representation of white teachers in schools and #BLM events in Bristol?
Image via Vecteezy Do #BLM protests mean change has happened already? Nationally, 14.3% of teachers are from minority ethnic groups (DfE, 2020). Statistically, fewer minoritized teachers
Interest Convergence
Interests have momentarily converged – white people, you must watch for the status quo spring back.
How can we increase Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic teachers and leaders in Bristol schools?
Having worked in the city’s schools for many years, Claire Stewart-Hall makes some suggestions about what schools can do to change this.
I tell people I’m a recovering teacher
I met a friend with whom I trained to be an English teacher the other day. “I heard you’d got out. When they told me I was so pleased for you. The great news is that I’m out too. I feel as though I’ve been in some kind of scientology cult…” she said, “I tell people: I’m a recovering teacher.”