Should the classroom be politically neutral?

Accent Study Centre 12 Bedford Square, London

This Academy of Ideas Education Forum discussion is a satellite event for the Battle of Ideas festival 2021.

£3 – £5

Teaching white privilege: making schools less racist or more divided?

Accent Study Centre 12 Bedford Square, London

How should we judge the focus on white privilege and unconscious racial bias in lessons, reading lists and school staff training? Will it make schools more anti-racist – or divided? Join the AoI Education Forum for a friendly, open and respectful panel discussion.

£3 – £5

Has Ofsted become too political?

online, via Zoom

Join us for this Academy of Ideas Education Forum event as a panel of educationalists examine the successes and failures of Ofsted.

Free

Did teachers fail the kids?

Accent Study Centre 12 Bedford Square, London

Join us for this in-person AoI Education Forum event as Liz Cole and Molly Kingsley discuss their new book, The Children's Inquiry.

£5 – £7

Should teachers strike during an education crisis?

Accent Study Centre 12 Bedford Square, London

Join the Academy of Ideas Education Forum for this in-person roundtable debate on the pros and cons of industrial action.

£5 – £7

Religion in schools: protecting or neglecting the faithful?

Accent Study Centre 12 Bedford Square, London

Faith schools, pupil prayer rooms and holy books in the classroom have all been the cause of recent controversy. What constitutes tolerance and intolerance when it comes to religion in schools? Join the AoI Education Forum for this in-person debate in central London.

£5 – £7