‘I got fed up with my students ending up in prison or dead’: the teacher fighting to end school exclusions | Education | The Guardian

Appalled by the damage of zero-tolerance behaviour policies that see ever more pupils thrown out of class, and often education, Zahra Bei founded a campaign focusing on racial justice

‘There were chairs flying in the class – and that’s not a metaphor’ … Zahra Bei, founder of No More Exclusions. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian View image in fullscreen ‘There were chairs flying in the class – and that’s not a metaphor’ … Zahra Bei, founder of No More Exclusions. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian The outspoken Education This article is more than 4 years old ‘I got fed up with my students ending up in prison or dead’: the teacher fighting to end school exclusions This article is more than 4 years old Appalled by the damage of zero-tolerance behaviour policies that see

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