Sozialistische Klassiker

Schlagwort: Education

  • Andrea Enisuoh: Why does education fail black youth?

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    [Socialism Today, No 12, October 1996, p. 33] Recent research on the achievements of ethnic minority pupils, by David Gillborn and Caroline Gipps. HMSO, 1996, £9-95. Reviewed by Andrea Enisuoh. The Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED) have released their review: Recent Research into the Achievements of Ethnic Minority Pupils. Spanning a period of major…

  • Martin Powell-Davies: Kick Out the Kids?

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    [Socialism Today, No 15, February 1997, p. 10-11] School exclusions are rocketing Lewisham NUT secretary Martin Powell-Davies asks whether there’s an alternative. The action by teachers at The Ridings and Manton schools last year to demand the exclusion of ‚unteachable‘ students has pushed the issue of school discipline into the spotlight. Some teachers were angered…

  • Christine Thomas: Another Moral Panic

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    [Socialism Today, No 16, March 1997, p. 9] ‚Working mums damage children’s education‘ screamed the media headlines. ‚Flawed research causes working mums‘ guilt trip‘ would have been more to the point. Based on research from the University of North London, Panorama claimed that the children of full-time working mums are failing exams. At almost the…

  • Margaret Creear: An unnatural system

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    [Militant International Review, No. 51, May-June 1993, p. 19-25] What are the causes of today’s social problems? Margaret Creear examines the ’nature or nurture‘ debate. The murder of Jamie Bulger in Bootle became the occasion for a national offensive by the Tories, and academics linked two them. to put the blame for violence, juvenile crime.…