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SAFE

SAFE

SAFE is accessible, relevant and essential video drama. It was produced as a resource for teachers, social workers, youth workers and everyone mentoring young African, Caribbean and Asian men.

The Public Education Trap: Failing Black America

The Public Education Trap: Failing Black America

My friends and I accepted prominent university places, and set out to embrace our bright future with the ink still wet on our glowing high school transcripts. But it didn’t take long to realize that we were failing for the first time in our lives, and we did not understand why. Inadequate public school education turned out to be the reason.

School Daze

School Daze

The term “ESN” was a popular label given to black children, particularly boys, and those new to British schools. As low expectations lead to low achievements, this ’self-fulfilling prophecy’ may well have become fact had it not been for my mother’s tenacity, regular elocution lessons, and private tuition from a band of strict Catholic nuns.

No, Chance UK

No, Chance UK

Chance UK provides community-based child and parent mentoring programmes. They are committed to reducing vulnerability and exclusion by targeting 5-11 year…

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