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DDU Director explains what impartiality in education means and why it’s so necessary

Dr Alka Sehgal Cuthbert has a new article in Teachwire. She writes: ‘When teachers come down on the side of social justice activism, the distinction between educational goals and the political interests of the teachers in question becomes blurred, breaching the duty of schools to teach impartially.’ Read the full article here.

The Independent Review into Racism in Scottish Cricket

DDU supporter, teacher and sports fan, Mark McConnell looked at how the burgeoning Equality, Diversity and Inclusion industry is primed to dismantle and reshape our public bodies in its image.  EDI bodies like Plan4Sport are committed to finding ‘proof’ to justify more diversity training than in understanding, or addressing, material problems that some groups in […]

DDU Lesson 5 – Frederick Douglass and Robert Burns

Frederick Douglass: “In a composite nation like ours, as before the law, there should be no rich, no poor, no high, no low, no white, no black, but common country, common citizenship, equal rights and a common destiny.” Robert Burns: “To see Oursels as Others See us!” Get the PDF lesson plan here.