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Schools and colleges in England accused of failing in legal duty to tackle racism

Schools and colleges in England accused of failing in legal duty to tackle racism



Campaigners want anti-racist content to be embedded in curriculum and for Black history to be compulsory subjectSchools and colleges are failing in their legal duty to prevent and address racism, say campaigners who are calling for the national curriculum in England to include an explicit anti-racism focus with Black history as a compulsory subject.A coalition of organisations representing young people’s voices has written to the prime minister, warning that “racism is holding all young people back” and calling for urgent action to “address the impacts of this growing crisis”. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/nov/18/schools-colleges-england-accused-failing-legal-duty-tackle-racism

Author : Sally Weale Education correspondent

Publish date : 2024-11-18 05:00:30

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