Member Profile – Black Educators Alliance (BEA)

Lana Crosbie

School leader, activist, trade unionist and teacher for 19 years. Currently working as a SEN leader/co-ordinator and founder of Bristol NME (No More Exclusions).

Secondary and Pupil Referral Unit Recovering Teacher Doctoral Researcher NEU Waltham Forest: former Black Equality Officer & Workplace Union Representative NEU Brent: current International Solidarity Officer Masters in Social Justice and Education. PhD Research focus: School exclusions, ‘race’, Dis/ability, Critical Race Theory, auto-ethnography, Black Feminism, intersectionality, the school-to-prison pipeline, abolitionist teaching, the lived experience of Black excludedContinue reading “Zahra Bei”

Malcolm Richards

Teacher – Lecturer Devon NEU: Past President, Black Educators Officer, International Solidarity Officer I’m an experienced teacher, senior leader and advisory teacher, and have worked across the education sector in the United Kingdom. Since 2019, I’ve been researching at the University of Exeter, exploring the implications for rural and largely mono-ethnic secondary schools, of teachersContinue reading “Malcolm Richards”