‘Diversity & Anti-Racism’ and the threat to education in schools

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On 24 July 2024, DDU sent an open letter to The Key – signed by a combination of scholars, teachers and parents – detailing our concerns about their Anti-Racism Curriculum Review which, knowingly or not, embeds significant precepts from critical race theory. In our view, these precepts are detrimental to educational goals and lack popular consent.

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

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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.

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