Department for Education South Australia's chief Professor Martin Westwell has spoken out about the notable increase in racism towards teaching staff in the lead up to the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum on October 14. Mr Westwell wrote an open ...
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Victorian Education Minister James Merlino says "a number of courses of action" have been taken to address systemic racism in the largest regional school merger in the state. A damning report commissioned by the Victorian Department of Education found the Greater ...
More »Schools are more inclusive, but are we tackling racism?
While schools are increasingly focused on creating inclusive environment, racism still runs rampant among students, a new report shows. Racism in education particularly affects South Sudanese refugee students. This is the finding of a new paper published by University of South ...
More »When did human rights become racist? A reflection on relativism in Australian education
I am an agnostic left-leaning history academic and a high school teacher committed to the defence of human rights and, in the era of alternative facts, truth and civility. I had always assumed that most humanities teachers in this country, ...
More »Racism takes toll on student performance
Research finds threats and other experiences can hurt test scores and grades. By Antonia Maiolo. Student experiences of racism lead to feelings of hopelessness at school and self-doubt amongst Indigenous learners, an education researcher argues. Dr Gawaian Bodkin-Andrews, from Macquarie ...
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Police made 882 arrests in New York City public schools last year, according to a civil liberties group, which said its findings put a spotlight on an overly aggressive school security system.
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