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This commitment means learning from people of colour, Queer and feminist histories, practices and narratives; interrogating and challenging the legacies of racism, imperialism and colonialism; developing a more global artistic and geopolitical perspective; and cultivating an anti-racist pedagogical ethos predicated on the non-hierarchical and ...
- Documentation of Anti-racist Process - Ruskin School of Art
June 2020 – Ruskin Statement on Racism: Education for Change...
- Documentation of Anti-racist Process - Ruskin School of Art
June 2020 – Ruskin Statement on Racism: Education for Change In the wake of the murder of George Floyd, the Ruskin put the following Statement on Racism on its website: The Ruskin School of Art deplores racism. Both staff and students try to live systematically by this principle. But we know that we can do more, and we will do so.
Sep 19, 2024 · Empower Black staff and pupils to explore and express what matters to them. Support young people’s right to speak out and engage as active citizens with the issues around racism that they care about. Challenge racial inequalities and oppressive racial norms and assumptions.
- Boards Under Review
- Anti-Racism Research Hasn’T Had Significant Impact
- Challenging Neutrality
- Accountability Structures
- Rethinking Parent and Community Engagement
- Anti-Racist Leadership
- Recognizing School Board Limits
In Ontario, over a number of years, several school boards have been under review by the Ontario Ministry of Education to address challengesin governance and racial injustice. School boards have been facing demands for greater transparency and accountability. Parents or community groups are rallying against anti-Black racism, Islamophobia, anti-Asia...
With our colleague Joseph Flessa, we synthesized and reviewed research about school board reform. We found that even though substantial research exists about anti-racism education in Ontario, it hasn’t had a significant impact on Ontario’s district policies and practices over the past two decades. We also interviewed 12 superintendents of education...
Our research shows school districts must recognize thatno aspect of schooling is neutral. How people understand and experience learning, mental health and well-being, success and failure, leadership, curriculum, student voice and parent and community engagementare all influenced by social identities and positionality. When school boards assume that...
Leaders in our study stressed the importance ofschool boards collecting demographic data based on Indigeneity, race, socio-economic status, the spectrum of gender and sexual diversity, place of birth, disability and more. Boards could then disaggregate data on student achievement and engagement, school processes and student and staff experience and...
Our research also examined the harm endured by Black and racialized parents who challenged racist educators, policies and practicesin school contexts where educators claim they are concerned with the experiences of excluded families and respond to requests for change. School leaders must ensure they are heeding parents’ experiences and acknowledgin...
Leadership is fundamental to transforming schools and boards. Models of leadership that don’t value anti-racist, anti-colonial and anti-oppressive skills, knolwedges and capacities replicate various forms of oppression. We need to support leaders in undoing and unlearning the ways in which they have been socialized into leadership. The UnLeading Pr...
Our research shows there are limits to what school boards can do alone, in part because they operate within larger inequitable structures. Schools and school boards need partnerships with communities, universities, non-profit organizations, journalists and above all, with students, families and staff. School boards need to realize that marginalized...
1 day ago · This statement is our public commitment about how we will set conditions which will: 1) achieve our ambition to become a truly anti-racist organisation with values and actions that reflect our ...
June 2020 – Ruskin Statement on Racism: Education for Change In the wake of the murder of George Floyd, the Ruskin put the following Statement on Racism on its website: The Ruskin School of Art deplores racism. Both staff and students try to live systematically by this principle. But we know that we can do more, and we will do so.
cannot solve racism in schools, it should be a priority alongside increasing the racial literacy of all staff members. Leaders and governors need to learn how to ‘see’ racism.
