According to the Times Newspaper, the English Department at Alleyn’s School in southeast London are in the process of diversifying their curriculum and are introducing students to the 'works of a drag queen and non-binary authors.' We're not sure that the Times approves… There is another question underlying the discussion here and that is ‘should children see themselves in the curriculum?” and in times of growing individualism and self-authorship is that even possible?

Some Links:

https://www.thetimes.com/article/7c9a532d-c23e-4bcb-b649-d26562cda39a

https://www.thetimes.com/article/4611de82-f49a-47ef-9c43-7d7395e38105

https://www.them.us/story/uk-gender-identity-schools-proposed-ban

https://www.vox.com/scotus/408356/supreme-court-mahmoud-taylor-dont-say-gay

https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-lgbtq-books-religion-maryland-069d155fa862d2a16619fc7f513819ab

Is our obsession with testing failing students?

Is Oracy a fad or part of the ongoing tradition of Western Education?

Links to some of the things mentioned in this episode:

https://oracyeducationcommission.co.uk/oec-report/

https://www.education-uk.org/documents/pdfs/2021-appg-oracy.pdf

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-commission-conversations/id1739353277?i=1000658062482

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-commission-conversations/id1739353277?i=1000659285974