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Oxfordshire parents’ taking Church Of England to court over Christian assemblies

31st July 201930th July 2019 Josie McFarlane 369 Views 0 Comments Assemblies, Christianity, Church news, education, schools

A couple are taking the Church of England to court over Christian school assemblies which they say are “indoctrinating” their

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Why America lost so many of its black teachers

12th July 201910th July 2019 Josie McFarlane 308 Views 0 Comments Black history, education, learning, schools, Teachers

Before 1964 nearly half of college-educated African-Americans in the South were teachers. JULY MARKS the 55th anniversary of the Civil

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Black and Asian parents are more ambitious in applying for good schools, study finds

26th May 201925th May 2019 Josie McFarlane 513 Views 0 Comments Asian, Black parents, children, choices, education, Minority, schools

Black and Asian parents are more ambitious in their attempts to get their children into good schools, a Cambridge University

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Black pupils’ schooling ‘dumbed down over special needs’

15th February 201915th February 2019 Josie McFarlane 418 Views 0 Comments black, Black children, black news, black pupils, community, education, report, schools, special needs

Many black pupils in England are having their education dumbed down after being wrongly identified as having one of a

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The Bach choir shares joy of singing with school children

11th December 201810th December 2018 Josie McFarlane 453 Views 0 Comments Bach Choir, choir, community, education, lessons, music, programme, schools, singing, singing lessons, Teaching, Vocalise, voices

The Bach Choir outreach programme, ‘Vocalise!’ this year involves almost 1,000 school children who sing for the joy of singing.

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Calls for greater diversity among school governors

30th October 201827th October 2018 Josie McFarlane 495 Views 0 Comments black, campaign, charity, community, Diversity, educators, encourage, Ethnic, governess, government, Governors, Governors for Schools, London, role, schools, sixth form, Teachers, Theresa Esan, women

“When I was at school, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do when I grew up,” says Theresa Esan.

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Jeremy Corbyn vows to increase teaching of black history in schools

12th October 201812th October 2018 Josie McFarlane 622 Views 0 Comments #Labour, Africa, black, community, Corbyn, education, Faith, History, Jeremy, month, schools, Teaching

Jeremy Corbyn has announced proposals to increase the amount of black history taught in schools, along with the history of the

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Black Teacher

Racism in schools ‘putting off’ non-white teachers

8th August 20187th August 2018 Josie McFarlane 711 Views 0 Comments black, black and minority ethnic groups, Black teacher, community, ethnic minority, ethnic minority backgrounds, ethnic minority communities, Faith, Initial Teacher Education, Mrs Iwobi, Race Council Cymru, Racism, schools, teaching assistants, trainee teachers, traumatic experiences, Uzo Iwobi, Welsh government, Welsh Government report

Fewer than 30 non-white people began teacher training in Wales last year. Just 2% of those in Initial Teacher Education

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Sierra Leone: ‘60 people have died in one church community alone’ says Tearfund Country Director

16th August 2017 Mariah 1419 Views 0 Comments bridge, church, community, died, disappeared, emergency, flooding, Freetown, government, heavy, homes, houses, liaising, love, National, priority, rainfall, schools, Sierra Leone, Tearfund, Water

A national emergency has been called in Sierra Leone after heavy rainfall in the Regent area, a mountainous town 15

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