
Britain's Black Schools
Witness History
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What Are the West Indies?
At the time, icu tests were used widely in british education. But guston and others argued that these tess were unfair as they included unfamiliar concepts and even language. When grenadian activist bernard courd investigated in 19 71 he found a report from london's main educational body which confirmed his fears. For example, 20 % of a westindianchiren in the secondary yessence schools had been placed straight into these schools without any previous experience of english education. And to have people calling you stupid is just about the most devastating thing that that can happen to some one.
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