Extremists are setting up anti-British schools, report claims

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Nearly 50 unregulated schools set up by extremists are being investigated for being anti-British, it has been claimed. Education authorities are looking into allegations that these schools impart teachings that go against British values. Many of these schools were set up by a teacher embroiled in the Trojan Horse scandal that saw radical Muslims infiltrating school governing bodies in Birmingham, it was alleged. Based around the UK – including Luton, Birmingham, and London, these schools manage to scape prying eyes by operating outside the traditional education system, it was claimed. Many of the students have been pulled out of the mainstream education system, which is overseen by the schools’ watchdog, Ofsted, and the Department for Education (DfE), and are being home schooled without proper regulation or oversight. Children of Somali, Bengali and Pakistani origins are thought to be at risk of being radicalised in their own homes, it was reported. It is a criminal offence to run unregulated schools, which must be registered with the DfE. However, local authorities are responsible to make sure home schooling in their area is providing suitable education for youngsters. Set up as private tutorial centres, unregulated schools find it easier to remain under the radar by teaching only a limited amount of hours per week.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/11531140/Extremists-are-setting-up-anti-British-schools-report-claims.html

Brasidas wrote:You are still missing every point made, I suggest you are suffering from sleep deprivation judging by your answers and your admission to lack of sleep.
Not denying there are some decent Yank people, we speak to Cass, who is, but not all are good and even worse your laws allow states to be separate from the rest of the US.
That is just plain stupid on every level which allows for the worst discrimination.

Not truly separate, that's a myth that is circulated by many on our right wing. On many issues, progressives find it more fruitful in the U.S. to fight on a state-by-state basis, since this is a really huge country to try to change all at once. We can do it one jurisdiction at a time, and as people have pointed out, when Massachusetts legalized gay marriage a decade ago, it only took a few years to show others that the sky didn't fall

Ben_Reilly wrote:

Brasidas wrote:You are still missing every point made, I suggest you are suffering from sleep deprivation judging by your answers and your admission to lack of sleep.
Not denying there are some decent Yank people, we speak to Cass, who is, but not all are good and even worse your laws allow states to be separate from the rest of the US.
That is just plain stupid on every level which allows for the worst discrimination.

Not truly separate, that's a myth that is circulated by many on our right wing. On many issues, progressives find it more fruitful in the U.S. to fight on a state-by-state basis, since this is a really huge country to try to change all at once. We can do it one jurisdiction at a time, and as people have pointed out, when Massachusetts legalized gay marriage a decade ago, it only took a few years to show others that the sky didn't fall

Myth?
Tell that to those living under such states Ben

Really have to go

Brasidas wrote:

Ben_Reilly wrote:

Brasidas wrote:You are still missing every point made, I suggest you are suffering from sleep deprivation judging by your answers and your admission to lack of sleep.
Not denying there are some decent Yank people, we speak to Cass, who is, but not all are good and even worse your laws allow states to be separate from the rest of the US.
That is just plain stupid on every level which allows for the worst discrimination.

Not truly separate, that's a myth that is circulated by many on our right wing. On many issues, progressives find it more fruitful in the U.S. to fight on a state-by-state basis, since this is a really huge country to try to change all at once. We can do it one jurisdiction at a time, and as people have pointed out, when Massachusetts legalized gay marriage a decade ago, it only took a few years to show others that the sky didn't fall

Myth?
Tell that to those living under such states Ben

Really have to go

Not a myth to people living in repressive states, but definitely a myth that states can defy federal law. But this isn't the place to lecture on the legality of so-called "nullification."

Ben_Reilly wrote:

Brasidas wrote:

Ben_Reilly wrote:

Brasidas wrote:You are still missing every point made, I suggest you are suffering from sleep deprivation judging by your answers and your admission to lack of sleep.
Not denying there are some decent Yank people, we speak to Cass, who is, but not all are good and even worse your laws allow states to be separate from the rest of the US.
That is just plain stupid on every level which allows for the worst discrimination.

Not truly separate, that's a myth that is circulated by many on our right wing. On many issues, progressives find it more fruitful in the U.S. to fight on a state-by-state basis, since this is a really huge country to try to change all at once. We can do it one jurisdiction at a time, and as people have pointed out, when Massachusetts legalized gay marriage a decade ago, it only took a few years to show others that the sky didn't fall

Myth?
Tell that to those living under such states Ben

Really have to go

Not a myth to people living in repressive states, but definitely a myth that states can defy federal law. But this isn't the place to lecture on the legality of so-called "nullification."

Take care, man. For once, the night is young(ish) over here ...

In the UK what should be taught is the National Curriculum
Who was it came up with this half arsed idea to give school funding to the parents and governors?

Nems wrote:In the UK what should be taught is the National Curriculum
Who was it came up with this half arsed  idea to give school funding to the parents and governors?

I totally agree, over here homeschooling means teaching kids that Moses rode on dinosaurs. I can't speak for all of them, but most parents who want their kids homeschooled here don't want their kids to be taught about evolution.