Racism rife says schools expert 

 Institutional racism is rife in schools and is responsible for the 
 poorer academic performance of most Afro-Caribbean boys, an influential
 education researcher alleges tomorrow. 

 David Gillborn says the government's recent green paper on
 education for 14- to 19-year-olds entrenches differences which work
 against black children such as separate academic and vocational
 routes from the age of 14. 

 In his inaugural professorial lecture at the Institute of Education in
 London, Professor Gillborn will question why so many people
 working in education have failed to learn the lessons of the Stephen
 Lawrence inquiry. 

 Prof Gillborn was the lead researcher on a study two years ago which
 revealed that in one large education authority Afro-Caribbean
 children entering the school system at five had the highest levels of
 attainment of all, but by age 16 were producing the worst public
 examination results. 

 In his lecture he will single out what he believes are damaging
 proposals in last month's green paper. "The proposals for 14 to 19
 education with the plans for gifted and talented children and for
 vocational education are likely to work to the disadvantage of black
 children. When teachers are asked to identify pupils with promise,
 black pupils are often under-represented." 

 He will conclude: "In the light of the Lawrence inquiry, it's no longer
 possible for white power holders to excuse their role in institutional
 racism on the basis of their ignorance of the facts or their own good
 intentions." 

 A Department for Education and Employment spokeswoman said:
 "The gifted and talented scheme will identify children by looking at
 ability, rather than attainment, to capitalise on the talents of the
 individual child, regardless of ethnic background." 

 Rebecca Smithers, education correspondent
 Tuesday March 12, 2002
 The Guardian 
http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,5500,665804,00.html 

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  "Perceptions" note:
We know the Department of Education * Employment is lying;
they turned their face against impartial IQ / ability testing 
a long time ago - when truly impartial tests showed working
class and black kids scoring higher than privileged students 
from elite (fee-paying) schools

[Top officials all come from elite fee-paying schools]
     
Since then they have returned to:-

a) "Royal Castles" tests - biased against working-class, immigrant
and black kids

b) "Reporting" - ultimately written by middle-class whites with 
deeply entrenched racism as noted above / below and elsewhere
in "Perceptions"
                   
For official lowdown try 
http://www.perceptions.couk.com/answers1.html#reference

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