Birbalsingh’s success is an affront to the cult of identity politics
It’s not the privileged, identitarian critics of the Michaela School that need its life-changing education.
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It’s not the privileged, identitarian critics of the Michaela School that need its life-changing education.
Britain’s “strictest” headteacher Katheine Birbalsingh is right to promote a broader view of social mobility with a focus on smaller steps.
The high-profile head – who has railed against identity politics holding children back in the classroom – has been appointed by Liz Truss to “level up opportunity and give everyone the chance to succeed”.
The fact that fame and teaching don’t usually go hand in hand makes Katharine Birbalsingh’s rise to prominence all the more striking. Overnight,
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