bea – Black Educators Alliance (BEA)

Statement on Department for Education Guidance on PSHE

A joint statement by BEA: Black Educators Alliance and CARE: Coalition of Anti-Racist Educators First published in New Socialist: http://newsocialist.org.uk/transmissions/statement-department-education-guidance-personal-social-health-and-economic-education/ Date: Monday September 28 2020 As educators and movements across the UK are taking strides towards achieving just and fair education for all pupils, the government has released chilling and worrying guidance for institutions’ PSHE programmes,Continue reading “Statement on Department for Education Guidance on PSHE”

STATEMENT: Examination u-turns, teacher assessment and Black students

Authors: Black Educators Alliance Generations of activists and academics have sought to highlight the reality that teacher assessment, underpinned by deficit theorising and racial bias continues to have a negative impact on black students’ achievement and attainment. As soon as schools, colleges and universities were impacted by Covid-19 and subsequent government lockdown, BEA have highlightedContinue reading “STATEMENT: Examination u-turns, teacher assessment and Black students”