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Women of Color Get Less Support at Work. Here’s How Managers Can Change That.
Zuhairah Washington and Laura Morgan Roberts Women of color don’t need to be told to “lean in.”
10th October 2020
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Why you need safe spaces to tackle racism
Alim Dhanji, Adidas These past few months have proven to be challenging for everyone. The
27th October 2020
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Why white teachers must learn to talk about race in schools: the problem unpacked
Claire Stewart-Hall Why do white teachers have a problem talking about race in schools? We
10th February 2021
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Why so many organisations stay white
Harvard Business Review – Victor Ray Organizations are not race neutral. Scholars, managers, journalists, and
10th October 2020
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Why our schools need an anti-racist curriculum
University of Birmingham The murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, USA on 25th May 2020
9th October 2020
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Why is teacher assessment biased?
Daisy Christodoulou In my last post, I spoke about how disadvantaged pupils do better on tests
27th February 2021
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Why getting diverse bums on seats is not enough
Penny Rabiger According to the National Governance Association’s 2017 annual school governance survey, just 4%
10th October 2020
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Why diversity training on campus is likely to disappoint
Amna Khalid and Jeffrey Snyder U.S. colleges and universities will be embracing diversity training with
10th October 2020
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Why are schools still such hostile places for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children?
Grace Claire O’Neill As schools returned to some kind of precarious “normality” in September, I
27th October 2020
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White senior leaders: 12 practical things you can do this week to create a supportive culture for your Black/BAME colleagues
Salma Patel Plenty of great advice has already been shared on Twitter on how to
10th October 2020
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White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
Peggy McIntosh “I was taught to see racism only in individual acts of meanness, not
10th October 2020
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White Privilege
Charlotte Belmore The area of ‘white privilege’ is the uncomfortable elephant in the room that
10th October 2020
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White Allies MUST be Antiracist too
An educational nomad I have been thinking alot lately about the nature of the work
10th October 2020
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When legal representation falls short: study finds diversity is lacking in law firms
Can We Overcome Racism Until the Justice System is Representative? Ysabelle Devereux Only 29% of
5th February 2021
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When and Why Diversity Improves Your Board’s Performance
Harvard Business Review Board diversity matters but concentrating on only one form of diversity isn’t
10th October 2020
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Whatever happened to equalities?
Dr Karamat Iqbal What have changes to government policies meant for equalities? Dr Karamat Iqbal
10th October 2020
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What’s your legacy?
I left my school yesterday after just under 4 years as an Assistant Head Teacher
8th April 2017
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What Inclusive Leaders Sound Like
Noah Zandan and Lisa Shalett When leaders commit to building an inclusive organization, they tend to start
5th January 2021
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What does diversity mean to you?
Saira Hassan Diversity… recognising, celebrating and rewarding every individual for their uniqueness, for what they
10th October 2020
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What Do You Mean By Diversity?
Gemma Doswell About a month ago, I noticed on LinkedIn that my old company was
10th November 2020
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What Anti-racism Really Means for Educators
Jamilah Pitts Anti-racist work in all schools is essential. It is the exercise of hope,
27th October 2020
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Welsh black history lessons backed by Race Council Cymru chair
Teaching black history to Welsh pupils would “go a long way in helping to overcome
5th January 2021
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We Picked the Wrong Side
Neel Patel When I was in the sixth grade, I met a girl named Nicole.
10th October 2020
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We need to address the racialisation of crime and deviance
Media Diversified With recent reports showing that half of young prison inmates are from a
10th October 2020
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We must change how black history is taught in UK schools
Evening Standard Last week, I saw more engagement in learning about black history than I’ve
9th October 2020
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We can feel the promises on race and racism fading already
Ruqia Osman n the last couple of months, there has been a lot of conversation
10th October 2020
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We all need to learn to lift
Unknown author I rarely write about my personal life. I guess I worry that my
10th October 2020
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Visible Minorities, Invisible Teachers
BME Teachers in the Education System in England. A report by Dr Zubaida Haque. Click
8th October 2020
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University admission system ‘puts poorer students at disadvantage’
TES Poorer teenagers are being disadvantaged by the current university application system which relies heavily on
27th February 2021
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Unconscious bias: A story of confrontation and learning
Lien Forster ‘70% of the University was non-white.’ It feels like decades ago, but only
10th October 2020
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UK schools ‘should be taught about black history’
Metro An education campaign has been launched calling on the government to make British black
9th October 2020
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Towards an anti-racist curriculum: Step 2. “Usualise diversity”
Tom Sherrington Since posting Step 1, the debate regarding responses to the BLM protests has
5th January 2021
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Towards an anti-racist curriculum: Step 1. Reading
Tom Sherrington Ever since the wave of discussions about racism that flowed from the Black
9th October 2020
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Too Asian, Not Asian Enough
Media Diversified Over the last two decades, in part due to the success of a
10th October 2020
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To Root Out Racism in Schools, Start With Who You Hire
Denisa Superville Principal Marcia Carmichael-Murphy and her leadership team put teacher-candidates in the hot seat
27th October 2020
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To Get To College, It Helps Black Students To Have A Black Teacher Early On
Mayowa Aina Public education has a persistent and well-documented issue: the achievement gap between white
10th October 2020
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Time for a change
Jennifer Webb n.b. In this post, I will use the terms ‘people of colour’ and
10th October 2020
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Three ways for UK schools to improve their race relations now
The Guardian UK public institutions, including schools, are clamouring to show they are card-carrying anti-racists.
10th October 2020
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Things I’ve learned about being an ally
Unknown author My reality, and my lived experiences are only one part of living in
10th October 2020
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There’s a hidden epidemic of racism in UK schools – but it’s finally coming to light
Aditya Chakrabortty – The Guardian he two biggest stories this year are coronavirus and Black
10th October 2020
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There Is No Such Thing as a ‘White Ally’
Catherine Pugh I never use the term “White Ally” when I talk with family and
10th October 2020
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There is a war on Black people in Britain. If you’re complacent, you’re complicit
Media Diversified Last year Media Diversified published a Windrush series curated by Kiri Kankhwende, it was incisive, timely,
10th October 2020
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The psychology of being a better ally in the office – and beyond
Andre Spicer In recent interviews, the American soccer player Crystal Dunn expressed the joy and fear she
10th October 2020
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The need for ‘visible diversity’
Mindful Equity UK It is Tuesday 5th September 2000, my first day of secondary school.
10th October 2020
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The Inner Work That Makes Cross-Racial Conversations Easier
Mary Frances-Winters This blog post has been adapted from Chapter Three of our book, Inclusive Conversations:
10th October 2020
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The importance of visible role models
Adrian Mclean As a Mixed White/Black Caribbean Senior Leader, former Headteacher and teacher of 20
10th October 2020
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The fool proof cultural diversity recruitment bias buster
Diversity Officer Magazine Cultural diversity recruitment is far from easy. Interviewer bias is a common
10th November 2020
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The Fool Proof Cultural Diversity Recruitment Bias Buster
Diversity Officer Magazine Cultural diversity recruitment is far from easy. Interviewer bias is a common
5th January 2021
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The fight to redefine racism
Kelefa Sanneh Sixteen years ago, in 2003, the student newspaper at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical
10th October 2020
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The Fear of Being White – Part Two
The Anti-Racist Educator Not naming whiteness spreads the ideology of colour-blindness that places racism as
10th October 2020
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The Fear of Being White – Part One
The Anti-Racist Educator Sometimes I have to think twice before saying the r-words (race, racism
10th October 2020
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The False Promise of Anti-racism Books
Saida Grundy In today’s cultural moment—during which hundreds of mainstream institutions in the U.S. are
10th October 2020
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The black British history you may not know about
Kameron Virk “We have existed in Britain and been pioneers, inventors, icons. And then colonialism
10th October 2020
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The Absence of Diversity in the Literature Curriculum – and its Lasting Impact
Anjum Peerbacos Riz Ahmed made a powerful speech regarding diversity in the Arts. He stated
27th October 2020
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Ten black history events that should be taught to every pupil
Lucy Campbell, The Guardian Black History Month presents an opportunity to highlight historical episodes and figures
27th October 2020
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Teaching BAME History as British History: What does it have to do with Brexit?
On History – Malachi McIntosh and Hannah Elias There’s no question the UK is experiencing
9th October 2020
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Talking about racism in schools
Nick Dennis Being anti-racist is not some grand project to reform society or schools, but
10th November 2020
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Tales of my Father: a story of immigration, racism and success
Professor Vini Lander My father, Hari Singh Sewak, died at 9.30am on Monday 24th February
10th October 2020
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Swansea University announces ‘decolonised’ English course
Alison Flood Swansea University has responded to calls for the English literature curriculum to be
9th October 2020
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Sudan is the biggest country in Africa you know – #MyDiverseEdPledge
Venturing into school leadership I’ll come back to the title of the post a little
10th October 2020
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Structural racism in education: lessons from Bristol’s past
This article from Councillor Ruth Pickersgill for BAMEed Bristol and South West explores what we
8th October 2020
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Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting There Is
John and Athena Scalzi I’ve been thinking of a way to explain to straight white
10th October 2020
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Stop Talking White Man – Interrupting Patterns of Participation in School Staff Meetings
Joe Truss You want to disrupt patriarchy and white supremacy in the curriculum and in our learning outcomes. But, these
5th January 2021
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Stop Sanitizing the Mayflower Story
Mayflower Myths The Mayflower journey was part of Early English Colonialism which involved The invasion
9th October 2020
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So you want to recruit for diversity
Penny Rabiger It is clear that there is an acute and snowballing issue around recruitment
10th October 2020
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So we’ve Talked About Race, Now What?
David McQueen For the best part of the last six months I have had the
5th January 2021
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Should I lead, facilitate, or get out of the way?
Shana White Expert is a term often thrown around in variety of professional circles. In
10th October 2020
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Sexism, Racism and the Abuse of Power
Jess Many of us no doubt will have heard of the news story where US
10th October 2020
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Sequencing a decolonised curriculum: using Picower’s six elements
Terra Glowach One mistake I’ve made over and over again: teaching traumatic events in history
5th January 2021
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Searching for my slave roots
Malik Al Nasir – BBC The poet Malik Al Nasir has been on a journey
10th October 2020
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Science explains why unconscious bias training won’t reduce workplace racism. Here’s what will.
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic Over the past decade, a growing number of organizations, including Google, Starbucks, and Facebook have embarked on a
10th October 2020
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Revealing the colour of madness
Sinead Carroll Ph.D student Rianna Walcott was giving a talk on mental health to the
10th October 2020
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Revealed: FE’s lack of diversity in leadership
TES Exclusive Tes research shows that just 8.7 per cent of senior college leaders identify
10th October 2020
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Rethinking my professional voice
Amina Qureshi Amina Qureshi is Head of English KS4 at Forest Gate Community School and
9th October 2020
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Racism still festers in Britain’s workplaces. It’s time to get tough
The Guardian “No, we won’t hire you because of the colour of your skin.” Such
10th October 2020
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Racism exists. End of story. So do something about it
Schools Week The senseless killing of George Floyd has reopened old wounds and rekindled difficult
10th October 2020
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Race in the boardroom
Malcolm John So first, some harsh statistics on racial diversity on trustee boards. A few
10th November 2020
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Race Equality in Schools – 4 Things Heads Must Learn
Penny Rabiger On paper, schools have had a duty to ensure that they are places
10th October 2020
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Race diversity on boards: our commitments to action
Emma Knights, Chief Executive at National Governance Association Two years ago the National Governance Association
27th October 2020
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Race at Work Charter: One Year On
Andrew Brassleay Business in the Community (BITC) established the Race at Work Charter using evidence
10th October 2020
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Race & Equality – 5 Questions for Every Headteacher
Viv Grant Like many, following the death of George Floyd, I was swamped by almost
27th October 2020
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Questions academics can ask to decolonise their classrooms by Luckett & Morreira
Shannon Morreira, University of Cape Town and Kathy Luckett, University of Cape Town The curriculum is not just the
9th October 2020
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Privileged
Kyle Korver When the police break your teammate’s leg, you’d think it would wake you
10th October 2020
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Prejudiced thoughts run through all our minds — the key is what we do with them
Steven Hayes We tend to think of prejudice as something that other people, particularly bad
27th October 2020
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Owning Your Professional Identity – BAMEed Conference January 19th 2019
Nick Dennis Schools are supposedly places of social opportunity and mobility, yet we still have
9th October 2020
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One woman’s mission to bring inclusive reading material into schools
Positive News On a bright day at an inner London primary school, the pupils are
5th January 2021
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On Diversity: an essay collection
Unity Howard, New Schools Network and Leora Cruddas, Confederation of School Trusts 2020 has been
10th November 2020
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On BAMEed
Jonny Walker Teaching can so easily become a platform for hypocrisy. I plan lessons on healthy
9th October 2020
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Of Cannons and Canons
Oludamini Ogunnaike The Promise and Perils of Postcolonial Education. Learning, children would also forget. Would
9th October 2020
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No One Should Have to Ignore Their Grief, Yet It’s Long Been Expected of People of Colour
Nadia Owusu Despite living in New York—the epicenter of the Covid-19 outbreak in the US—much
27th October 2020
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No More Exclusions
An Abolitionist Coalition Grassroots Movement in Education Click to read more
9th October 2020
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My white friend asked me to explain white privilege, so I decided to be honest.
Lori Lakin Hutcherson He wanted to know how institutional racism has made an impact on
10th October 2020
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My reflections on 2019 BAMEed conference
Yamina Bibi I’ve been following BAMEed on Twitter for a while now. I have ‘liked’
9th October 2020
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My Journey In Our Struggle
Nathaniel Adam Tobias It began, for me, in an inpatient psychiatric unit. I had been sectioned.
10th October 2020
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My hopes for diversity in the education profession
Governing Matters The term diversity means something which signifies a range of different things, an
9th October 2020
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My hopes for diversity in 2017 #BAMEed
Iesha Small When Amjad, one of the BAME founders, asked me to write a blog
9th October 2020
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Mentoring without courageous conversation about context is like sweeping in a sandstorm
Penny Rabiger Choosing to be mentored or to mentor someone is a difficult decision. Finding
10th October 2020
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Me and White Supremacy for WomenEd
Cecile Halliday Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad came to my attention through different
10th October 2020
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Me and White Supremacy
Claire Nicholls In the @WomenEdBookclub chat led by Angie Browne (@nourishedteacher) on Layla F. Saad’s
10th October 2020
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Manifesting a messier approach
Naila Missous Let me ask you a question: which images of Jesus Christ are being
10th October 2020
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Lest We Forget
Angela Browne I have been busier than ever lately, which is a great problem to
5th January 2021
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It seems black lives don’t matter quite so much, now that we’ve got to the hard bit
Nesrine Malik Many who were quick to support Black Lives Matter protests are fading away
10th October 2020
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It helps to know “why” before you do “what”
Roger Kline Following on from the powerful blog “After the speeches…” that outlined actions needed
5th January 2021
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Is the UK racist and if so, what do we do about it?
Daniel Stone George Floyd: On May 25, a 46-year old black man was murdered by a
10th October 2020
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Investigation: diversity of education leadership roles fails to improve despite DfE pledge
Schools Week The proportion of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) leaders of England’s largest
9th October 2020
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Introducing Anonymise: helping make recruitment fairer
Whether we acknowledge it or not, hiring bias is part of our daily lives and
27th October 2020
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Intolerance towards ethnic minorities and the power of stories
Aima Ahmed The kind of stories we need to be telling are those of tolerance.
10th October 2020
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Intentionally inclusive
Kai Adams Creating an inclusive recruitment process is a laudable aim in and of itself.
5th January 2021
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Institutional Racism in Schools: What Can School Leaders And Governors Do?
No school likes to think of themselves as racist. But subconscious bias and discrimination is
8th October 2020
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Inclusive Allyship
Yamina Bibi Whenever I want to go ‘out out’, I think about my outfit, which
27th October 2020
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In equalities work, gender is privileged over race
Times Higher Education UK research funding and sector awards should be linked to institutions’ work
10th October 2020
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Improving representation on boards
Iesha Small Earlier this year, a friend asked my views on how charities could improve
5th January 2021
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Improving inclusion for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils
Elizabeth Holmes, Optimus Education Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils are statistically the most vulnerable of
10th November 2020
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If you want to go far, go together
Working for a forward thinking Multi Academy Trust seeking Educational and Social Change. Danielle Lewis-Egonu
8th October 2020
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If we want a more equal Britain, we must teach its true black history
The Guardian Martin Luther King Jr once said: “The arc of the moral universe is
9th October 2020
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Ibram X. Kendi defines what it means to be an antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi In this extract from his 2019 book How To Be an Antiracist, historian
10th October 2020
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How to use your privilege for good
Pran Patel As educators, our core purpose is to provide the skills and knowledge that
10th October 2020
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How to promote diversity in schools: three strategies for positive change
Nicola Harvey Many of us are using lockdown to reflect on our personal values and
9th October 2020
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How to find the right trustee role
Eleanor Urben Taking on a charity trusteeship is a rewarding and beneficial way to volunteer
10th October 2020
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How to Fight Discrimination in AI
Andrew Burt Is your artificial intelligence fair? Thanks to the increasing adoption of AI, this
27th October 2020
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How to Develop Culturally Responsive Teaching for Distance Learning
Amielle Major The coronavirus pandemic and school closures across the nation have exposed deep inequities
9th October 2020
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How The DfE’s New Guidelines Impact The Future Of Liberatory Teaching
Cairo Clarke, The Black Curriculum On the 24th September 2020, the Department for Education shared
27th October 2020
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How pupil characteristics interact to influence education outcomes
Philip Nye, FF Education Data Lab With many pupils returning to school this week for
10th November 2020
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How I recruited a diverse board and why it was important to me
Ninna Makrinov @NinnaMakrinov, Chair of Governors at Water Mill Primary School On 30 September I
26th October 2020
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How I changed my mind about the biology of race
The Guardian It has been common for several years now to assert that science shows
10th October 2020
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How do we ensure fair grades for BAME students?
Nuzhat Uthmani The requirement for teachers in Scotland to predict grades for 2019-20, after the Covid-19 outbreak led
27th February 2021
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How can we increase Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic teachers and leaders in Bristol schools?
A reflective piece from a Bristol educator, Claire Stewart-Hall, with application to other contexts and
8th October 2020
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How can BAME leaders break through the “concrete ceiling”?
A summary of a presentation by Christine Callender compiled by NAHT. Click to read the
8th October 2020
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Hidden Histories: Scotland, Slavery and Joseph Knight
The anti-racist educator In Scotland we don’t learn much about our history as a slave
9th October 2020
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Head of Diversity and Inclusion? No, thanks
Iesha Small Head of Diversity and Inclusion is an important role. It’s a role for
27th October 2020
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Gender over Race? Equity and inclusion in higher education
LSE blog While universities are focusing on addressing gender inequality, Kalwant Bhopal and Holly Henderson find that there is
10th October 2020
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Further Education leadership, governance and management is at a crossroads
Black FE Leadership Group (BFELG) A call to action to all FE Chairs…. Further Education
5th January 2021
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Fundamental British Values; a ‘pedagogical injustice for students and teachers’
Aini Teaching children fundamental British values is an act of ‘cultural supremacism’ (Espinoza, 2016) and
9th October 2020
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Four things to understand before tackling racial inequality at your organisation
Elizabeth Howlett “This is not your typical CIPD webinar,” said Frank Douglas, chief executive of
10th October 2020
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For Black History to be more than a bullet point, teachers need government support and proper training
Micha Frazer-Carroll The subject of Black History in the curriculum has been much discussed over
5th January 2021
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Five ways to improve your recruitment of teaching staff and retain the ‘human touch’
Nick Dennis In last week’s TES, Mark Steed wrote an article chiding modern hiring practices in schools for
10th October 2020
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Families Not Engaging With School? Rethink the Problem
Laura Brady, Stephanie Fryberg, Hazel Rose Markus, Camilla Griffiths, Jenny Yang & Perla Rodriguez The coronavirus pandemic has allowed a long-standing
5th January 2021
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Exposure to racism is trauma
Iesha Small Continued exposure to racism and its effects creates trauma. More white people who
10th October 2020
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Exploring the Experiences of Black Students at Elite UK Universities
Rhia Gibbs Most recently, the impact of Covid-19 has meant that A Level students did
10th October 2020
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Experts answer your kids’ tough questions about race and racism
Jackie Mader “We need to talk about parenting,” my friend texted me a few weeks
9th October 2020
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Exam cancellations will hit poor and BAME children hardest, experts warn MPs
Anna Davis, Evening Standard Poor children, boys, summer born pupils and those from ethnic minority
27th February 2021
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Everything Worthwhile Is Done With Other People
Mariame Kaba From Ella Baker to Septima Clark, history is rife with examples of Black
27th October 2020
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Don’t Tuck in Your Labels
Bennie Kara I am the woman that always has a clothes label sticking out somewhere.
27th October 2020
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Doing the work
Nick Dennis I’ve had a variety of conversations with teachers and schools over the last
9th October 2020
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Doing nothing is not an option
Richard Holme The issue of diversity in education, and wider society, is something I’ve been
9th October 2020
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Does teaching racial justice and equity have a place in our schools?
Penny Rabiger Just when we thought that schools couldn’t possibly absorb any more of society’s
27th October 2020
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Does it matter if you’re Black or White?
Amjad Ali Here we are June 2020… Have things changed? Are we better? Are things
9th October 2020
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Do we need a more diverse curriculum?
Caren Onanda, Young Black Teachers Network “…the notion that we should all forsake attachment to
10th November 2020
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Diversity in the curriculum: teaching and learning with human stories
Lyfta We know that asking someone where they’re from can come from curiosity but can
10th November 2020
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Diversity cannot be a curriculum bolt-on
Schools Week Educators from all backgrounds and contexts have been asking for guidance on curriculum
9th October 2020
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Diversity – ensuring the most talented profession we can for the sake of the children whom we teach
J Gray I was delighted to be asked to contribute a post for the launch
9th October 2020
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Diversifying knowledge of children’s literature
Matthew Courtney In 2019, the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) released their second
9th October 2020
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Defining Diversity #BAMEed
A Mughal ‘Our glorious diversity is not a threat. It makes us who we are,’
9th October 2020
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Deeds, not words – part 2: how to move forward
Nick Dennis Since I wrote the first blog, a number of people and organisations have been
10th October 2020
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Deeds, not words
Nick Dennis The events of the last few weeks have led to the largest public
10th October 2020
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Decolonising Pedagogy: How race relations affect trust, effort and achievement
Terra Glowach True story: The lesson is on MLK. An older, well-respected History teacher is
10th November 2020
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Decolonisation, power and knowledge in the curriculum
Bennie Kara Within higher education, the phrase ‘decolonising the curriculum’ originated as part of the
9th October 2020
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Cultural capital: an exploration
Penny Rabiger The following post is a summary of a keynote presentation I gave to
9th October 2020
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Covid-19 GCSE grades: No checks for bias within schools
Catherine Lough England’s exams regulator has rejected the option of delving into school level GCSE and
27th February 2021
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Courageous conversations about race: school anti-racist strategy
This was the October event as part of our Courageous Conversations and Race series. Engage
26th October 2020
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Courageous conversations about race: recruitment – staff and governance
This was the November event as part of our Courageous Conversations and Race series. Engage
25th November 2020
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British Empire is still being whitewashed by the school curriculum – historian on why this must change
Deana Heath Jeremy Corbyn recently proposed that British school children should be taught about the
9th October 2020
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Brexit, Empire, and Decolonization
Gurminder K. Bhambra Much of the debate around the referendum on continuing membership of the
9th October 2020
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Breaking the Cycle Anti-Racist Plan: Term 1
Dwain Brandy In 2020, I have had the opportunity to lead an Anti-Racist approach within
10th February 2021
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BLM: Anti-racism a whole school approach
Hannah Wilson The Issue: It is complex. Who owns the voice? The Conversation: Chiltern using
9th October 2020
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Black pupils warn of n-word abuse in UK private schools
TES ‘Terrifying’ racist abuse inside elite independent schools must be tackled, say current and former
9th October 2020
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Black pupils ‘are routinely marked down by teachers’
The Guardian Black children are being systematically marked down by their teachers who are unconsciously
27th February 2021
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Black people are more than racism
Iesha Small Why I keep saying no when I’m repeatedly asked to write, speak and
10th October 2020
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Black Lives Matter: Then, Now & Always
Wayne Reid The murder of George Floyd is the latest in a long line of
27th October 2020
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Black female professors must deal with bullying to win promotion, report finds
The Guardian Those surveyed said they were systematically overlooked for promotion and mistaken for clerical
10th October 2020
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Black FE Leadership Group: If not us, who? If not now, when?
Amarjit Basi As a member of the recently formed Black @FELeadership Group (BFELG), I am hugely encouraged
27th October 2020
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Black British women who shaped our history
The F Word 2020 has been a year of tragedy and grief. In addition to
10th November 2020
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Black and ethnic minority teachers face ‘invisible glass ceiling’ in schools, report warns
The Independent Teachers from black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds (BME) face an “invisible glass
9th October 2020
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Black Activist Burnout: ‘You Can’t Do This Work If You’re Running On Empty’
NPR When Imani Brown, a 38-year-old from San Francisco, hit the streets to protest the
10th October 2020
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Black activism can’t be effective if we aren’t taught black history
Olivette Otele “But Olivette, my darling, we’ve been there. We’ve done that already. It doesn’t
10th November 2020
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Beyond The Statements: Doing the Work To Create More Anti-Racist School Districts
Crawling out of the classroom It seems that every time we white folks suddenly wake
9th October 2020
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Beyond George Floyd: Tackling racism in British society and institutions
Professor Paul Miller Racism and discrimination are endemic in British society and institutions. From education
9th October 2020
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Be an Upstander, not a Bystander: Inclusive Allyship
Hannah Wilson We are all humans. We are all equal. We all need to check
10th October 2020
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BAMEed Network Conference 2018: Habits of Highly Effective People
Penny Rabiger When we were setting the agenda and theme for this year’s BAMEed Network
9th October 2020
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Are we being honest about curriculum?
In this article, a history teacher suggests a change to curriculum beyond a pattern of
4th September 2020
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Archiving Britain’s Black Communities
We Transfer There’s no limit to our culture. Before the internet, family photo albums brought
9th October 2020
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Anti-racism in education: 2020 summer round-up
Mixed up in Classics Schools and universities in the UK have, by now, all reached
9th October 2020
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Anti-racism charter
A framework to help you explore ideas around race equity and racism from the National
8th October 2020
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Anti-Racism and Allyship. Privilege and paralysis.
Tom Sherrington The #BlackLivesMatter protests of the last two weeks, catalysed by George Floyd’s death,
9th October 2020
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All teachers must ‘improve racial literacy’ in order to teach children to be anti-racist
Metro Teachers in UK schools must commit to improving their ‘racial literacy’ to enable them
9th October 2020
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Addressing Systemic Racism in Further Education
Black FE Leadership Group (BFELG) The letter published today raises vital questions and concerns that
5th January 2021
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Addressing equality and diversity collaboratively in schools
Reah Banton I don’t want to be positioned as the angry Black girl in the
9th October 2020
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Actively Raising Anti-Racist Children
Dumond Education Each week as I prepare our 5+5 Activity Guides, I consider upcoming events
10th October 2020
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Action – not just words
Stephen Morales Given the terrible events that unfolded in Minneapolis last week, resulting in the
9th October 2020
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Absent from the curriculum
Nick Dennis On the 4th December 2018, I was invited to take part in a panel
9th October 2020
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A Reader’s First Memory of Racism: ‘Because You’re Black’
Baker C. Blanding, New York Times A few weeks ago, we asked Race/Related readers to share their
10th October 2020
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6 Steps for Creating Authentic Conversations That Center Race
Natasha Harrison Co-Authored by Neith Sankofa Since the tragic lynchings of Ahmaud Arberry, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and,
5th January 2021
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3 practical steps to fight racial injustice in schools
TES The job of tackling racial inequality in schools should not fall on the shoulders
9th October 2020
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2020 Exams Result and Bias
Pran Patel 2020’s summer exam series, including A levels, GCSEs and other qualifications, and all
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13 Common Hiring Biases To Watch Out For
As humans, we are hardwired to make quick decisions. This stems from our time on
27th October 2020
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‘Welcome and important’: academics on decolonising education
The Guardian The debate sparked by a group of undergraduates at the University of Cambridge, on how
9th October 2020
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‘Is she Somali?’
Baar Hersi This is the question I repeatedly hear in my first term in a
27th October 2020
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‘Wow, I’m racist’: In time of viral encounters, ‘white spaces’ are used to confront biases
Erik Ortiz Nicole O’Connor, a nurse practitioner in St. Louis, was selling her dining room
10th October 2020
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‘We can’t fight racism on our own’: A year and a half on from Traveller ethnicity
The Journal.ie A LEADING CAMPAIGNER for Travellers’ rights has said that although the recognition of
10th October 2020
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‘Tone-deaf’ ministers reject BAME review of English curriculum
The Guardian Exclusive: schools minister rejects proposal by cross-party MPs for more black input into
10th October 2020
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‘To be a black, female headteacher is phenomenal’
BBC News Evelyn Forde won the Times Education Supplement (TES) Headteacher of the Year Award
5th January 2021
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‘Our stars are aligning’
Sharifah Jelany-Lee It is said that when something is written in the stars, that when
10th October 2020