Research on #academies & council maintained #schools suggests that the policy of shifting schools into Academy management is not serving the needs of #students, measured by schools' #OFSTED grading.
However, given the economic structure of privately-run academies there is a group that are clearly benefiting (financially)...
Everywhere you turn the #Tories have moved to enrich a small coterie of chums & 'fellow travellers' - #Torycorruption takes many forms
“Huckleberry Finn,” a book written by Mark Twain, is a famous American story. But, some schools in the U.S. don’t let students read it. Even though it is an important book, some people don’t like how it talks about race and uses bad language. It has now a censored version, too.
Today in Labor History July 31, 1968: Students protested the Olympics in Mexico City. They occupied schools and began a General Strike. Cops violently attacked them. The violence culminated with the Tlatelolco massacre, October 2. As a result, the cops slaughtered 350-400 people, using snipers. They arrested and tortured over 1,300.
Alejandro Jodorowsky dramatized the massacre in his amazing film, “The Holy Mountain” (1973). In it, he showed birds, fruits, vegetables and other things falling and being ripped out of the wounds of the dying students. The late author, Roberto Bolaño, recounted the massacre in his novel “Amulet” (1999). He also retells the story in his novel, “The Savage Detectives.”
Former Alighar Muslim University VC Tariq Mansoor appointed BJP vice president; Anil Antony as national secretary
In December 2019, Mansoor had faced strong criticism after he had called the police at the university campus to quell protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act and police violence at Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia.
Why is Huckleberry Finn banned in schools in the US? (gearsrealm.com)
“Huckleberry Finn,” a book written by Mark Twain, is a famous American story. But, some schools in the U.S. don’t let students read it. Even though it is an important book, some people don’t like how it talks about race and uses bad language. It has now a censored version, too.