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neva-C-come-C · 09-11-2008, 01:49 PM

This week the Moral Maze asks, "should black communities be allowed to run their own schools with a curriculum, ethos, and ethics suited to the needs of black children and taught by black teachers?"

The idea has been put forward after a report claimed that African Caribbean students are under achieving because schools are institutionally racist and teachers' assumptions about behavioural problems are overshadowing academic talents. Is it time to accept that liberal educational ideals have failed?

Could black schools become beacons of excellence or will they entrench already racial divides? Or is the idea that there is such a thing as a "black ethos" another kind of racism that assumes all black people have the same culture and needs?

09-11-2008, 01:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
neva-C-come-C go ketch yuh crowd Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: yuh 'oman pantry Posts: 1,097 Credits: 78	This week the Moral Maze asks, "should black communities be allowed to run their own schools with a curriculum, ethos, and ethics suited to the needs of black children and taught by black teachers?" The idea has been put forward after a report claimed that African Caribbean students are under achieving because schools are institutionally racist and teachers' assumptions about behavioural problems are overshadowing academic talents. Is it time to accept that liberal educational ideals have failed? Could black schools become beacons of excellence or will they entrench already racial divides? Or is the idea that there is such a thing as a "black ethos" another kind of racism that assumes all black people have the same culture and needs? __________________ fresh, fast, fronted and forward