One day in October, a bunch of white students decided to stage a walkout to protest the arrival of
more black pupils.
Not exact matches
«Increased freedoms for schools have also resulted in heightened concerns about widening racial disparities affecting BME
pupils, with
black Caribbean
pupils being three times
more likely to be excluded from schools comparted to white
pupils.
Sam, now
more the teacher than the political researcher, finds himself the subject of a poignant inquisition from a highly masculine
black pupil.
Disadvantaged
black pupils are now
more than twice as likely to attend grammars as in 2012, but are still also significantly under - represented.
In the end, the teacher professionalism agenda has functioned like a
black hole, sucking in much of the available energy, attention, and funds and leaving little for other reforms - not just other teacher - related reforms (such as those urged by the Excellence Commission), but also a very different list of changes (technology, choice programs, preschool, new curricula) that might prove
more effective and economical as strategies for boosting
pupil achievement.
Additionally,
black pupils were found to be 33 per cent
more likely to miss their predicted grades compared to white
pupils.
Charters enroll
more poor,
black and Latino
pupils, and
more pupils who at first do less well at standardised tests, than their traditional counterparts.
White
pupils in England score between 25 to 40 points
more in PISA's science, maths and reading tests than their
black and Asian peers.
I hope the
pupils will find this much
more engaging than a low resolution
black and white graphic calculator and look forward to seeing their faces when I tell them to get their iPod Touch out in my lesson!
Disadvantaged
black pupils are now
more than twice as likely to attend grammars as in 2012, but are still also significantly under - represented, say researchers.
Furthermore, much
more had been spent per
pupil for white schools than for
black or Hispanic schools.