info by Katy Redgrave, editorial comments and links by Jon from LASSN
You ever come across Supplementary Schools?* Leeds has a huge network, offering children extra help with their studies. They’re brilliant. Self-help at it’s most inspirational (“We are our own educators!“)
*The history of the Supplementary School Movement is really important. As the recent Steve McQueen drama Small Axe: Ediucation describes, their development was and remains a direct challenge to the racism and low expectations of some mainstream schools, and the use of the (now discredited) IQ tests to decide what kind of education a child receives.
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