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Mayor Livingstone has pledged to step up efforts to help reverse the trend of poor educational performance among this group.

His comments came after a report he commissioned concluded that the collective failures of the state school system to engage with boys of Dating meeting online service
origin had contributed to massive underachievement over the last 50 years.

Research by the education commission revealed that last year:

• 70% of African Caribbean boys in London left school with fewer than five or more GCSE’s at the top grades of A*-C or equivalent
• as a group, they have had the worst school performance of any ethnic minority for the last four years in virtually every age group
• many black boys believe their chances of success have been severely hindered by racism and stereotyping from teachers and by an archaic curriculum which virtually ignores black contributions to British society
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  to suffer from negative peer pressure.

More black teachers?

In response to the findings, Mr. Livingstone has said that he would like to see one-third of all London teachers come from ethnic minority backgrounds and for them to be fast-tracked through the ranks.

Currently just over 7% of London schoolteachers are from ethnic backgrounds, yet more than 40% of pupils are black or Asian.

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from the report have urged for a reduction in the number of black school expulsions and for clear procedures which would allow pupils to report racism by teachers.

However, Steve Sinott, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers said it was grossly unfair to blame teachers alone for what he described as a “complex phenomenon”.

Black Child Conference

Mr. Livingstone’s officials have organised the 3rd London Schools and the Black Child Conference, which will be addressed by the schools minister Stephen Twigg on Saturday, 11 September 2004.

Diane Abbott: positive attention from teachers required

Hackney MP Diane Abbott, a founder and supporter of the conference said that “low teacher expectations played a major part in the underachievement of African-Caribbean pupils”.

She also cited insufficient positive attention from teachers and unfair behaviour management practices.

But the report partly blames black parents for insufficient levels of involvement in their children’s education as free online game adult dating
to the results.

Diane Abbott believes low achievement among black boys in London is not the result of a single cause but of many.

Neither is she surprised by the results of this research.

It confirms, she says, what many have been saying for years.

Black teachers can sometimes relate better to black children and be less inclined to view them as stereotypes Diane Abbott MP

In fact a report dating back to 1981 also suggests that more black and Asian teachers would be one way of combating the problem.

Breaking the mould

Preston Manor School in Wembley has worked hard to stop the downward educational trends of black boys.

By raising their self-esteem and concentrating on the boys’ successes, head teacher Andrea Berkeley has achieved improving grades for all her pupils.

Neighbouring secondary Copeland Community School has implemented mentoring links between older successful black boys and younger pupils in the school.

Whilst this is not the picture across London in general, both these schools have been singled out for praise. .

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