Law
The changing legal landscape, 1965-2010 … promise and potential in the Equality Act 2010 … but then much resistance ('political correctness', 'wokery'), 2012-2023 … the need to revisit and revise
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OVERVIEWS
The Equalities Story, 1965-2025, a dossier
(a) The first five stages, 1965-2010
(b) Twelve years of disappointment, 2011-2023
(c) Revisiting, revising, renewing, 2024 onwards
Getting Our Bearings, who wants to be an equalities millionaire?
INITIAL PROMISE AND GUIDANCE
Equality Priorities and Equality Objectives – a cautious welcome, 2010
Inspecting Equalities – what Ofsted expected. 2012
Equality principles and priorities – training handouts at one school, 2012
Equality Objectives in Schools – smart and unsmart directions of travel, 2012
The Equality Act – its specific duties, 2012
Equality Duties and Equality Challenges – current issues in education, 2013
FAILURE AND DISAPPOINTMENT
The New Equality Act Starts Its Journey: with both a formal reminder and much neglect, 2011
Education and Equalities in Britain, 2010–2022: due regard and disregard in a time of pandemic, 2022