Going ever so slightly ‘off-message’, this post has nothing whatsoever to do with race, culture, politics or education.
I was seduced by a fascinating and quite frankly bonkers statistic and just had to share it. But rather than just give you the naked statistic, I’ll give you the whole sentence.
“The amount of chewing gum being spat on to Bristol’s [...]
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A new optimism in Bristol for the New Year! (unfortunately not in Eduication!)
Posted in Bristol, education, tagged education, Bristol, chewing gum, 'Chewing Gum Action Group, statistics, boffins, league tables on January 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
What does Multiculturalism actually mean anyway? Photo Essay: Part 3
Posted in education, multiculturalism, tagged education, multiculturalism, naht, national association of head teachers, poland, polish, schools on November 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Heads seek more migrant funding
Black pupils’ attainment improves
Posted in education, tagged black school children, education, Ernest Green, exams on November 27, 2007 | 3 Comments »
The attainment of black children in England’s schools has continued to improve, latest figures show. ……
To read more of this story click here. (BBC News – 27.11.07)
Just quickly posting this up as don’t always want to be criticising. We must make room also for celebrating achievement of young people. We adults can’t get complacent though as there is [...]
Trevor Phillips in Bristol – Black schools?
Posted in 2007, Bristol, education, multiculturalism, tagged black schools, education, trevor phillips on November 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Sir Trevor Phillips was in Bristol today, at the invitation of Paul Stephenson to look at two of Bristol’s 2007 offerings.
The former Chair of the Commission for Racial Equality, current Chairperson of the new Commission for Equalities and Human Rights came to see the Breaking The Chains exhibition and the British Empire & Commonwealth Museum.
After a [...]
Black Schools
Posted in 2007, education, multiculturalism, tagged black schools, education, Peter Hammond, trevor phillips on November 15, 2007 | 2 Comments »
In the debate(12 Nov ‘07, Bristol), the issue of Black schools was raised by Lisa Blackwood. Drawing on evidence that ‘black boys are…you know what’, then why not schools for black boys?
There are such things around and they are proven to make a difference to some African children. In the light of growing interest in faith schools [...]
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