Token gestures: How can schools avoid reinforcing racial inequality?

Schools across the country are doing incredible anti-racism work so all their pupils feel seen, represented and celebrated. But how can we ensure that the curriculum – and individual schools’ policies – are fully and genuinely inclusive in terms of ethnicity, and not doing the bare minimum for performative and tick-boxing purposes?  
 

This panel will be led by:

• Joanne Benjamin-Lewis – Development Lead, Teach First 
• Safrina Ahmed – Programme Diversity & Inclusion Manager, Teach First 
• Adam Vasco - Lecturer in Primary Education and EDI expert on Early Years, Liverpool John Moores University 
• Stephanie Smailes – Curriculum Design Manager, Teach First 

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