Event: Kerslake Debate 2 – Child Poverty in Birmingham
Last week there was a public debate about the Kerslake Review of local government in Birmingham, with nearly 100 people Continue reading
Birmingham Campaign For State Education
Making the CASE for Birmingham
The Education Scrutiny Committee discussion on white British boys on FSM: a missed opportunity
On 11 February the Education Scrutiny Committee held a one hour discussion on the achievement of white British boys on Continue reading
Free event: Tackling Sexism in School
This is a free event and there is no need to book. 12 March, 7.30pm, The Council House, Birmingham
The Trojan Horse reports have distorted the Council’s Strategy & School Improvement Plan for the city’s schools – schools need to tackle everyday sexism not ‘extremism’
Gove tried to claim that the biggest safeguarding issue in schools with a large Muslim intake as ‘extremism’, but the Continue reading
On Tristram Hunt – a letter
Tristram Hunt says the school system is too fragmented (Birmingham Post 4 December, p20). He is right, but the main reason is the spread of academies and free schools outside local authority oversight.
28 Jan, 7pm: Public meeting at the Council House to consider the merits of a Children’s Zone approach in Birmingham
Towards a shared vision for school education in Birmingham: a Children’s Zone approach – local area-based partnerships between the schools, the local authority and the community
Some initial comments on the LA’s Education and Schools Strategy & Improvement Plan
The LA is still in the process of finalising its response to the Trojan Horse reports and getting it approved Continue reading
For an empowered, democratised and properly resourced local school system
Richard Hatcher Talk given at CASE annual conference, Birmingham, 15 November 2014 Contact: Richard.Hatcher@bcu.ac.uk The Trojan Horse affair has Continue reading
Shape Education Debate and Question Time with Tristram Hunt
Towards a shared vision for school education in Birmingham: a Children’s Zone approach – local area-based partnerships between the schools, the local authority and the community
This paper was the basis of a talk given by Richard Hatcher of Birmingham City University at the ‘From the Continue reading
