UK News 11-03-2005 who: Chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality, Trevor Phillips what: Says segregation may help black kids in school where: LONDON when: Monday snippet: "If the only way to break through the wall of attitude that surrounds black boys is to teach them separately in some classes, then we should be ready for that," says Trevor Phillips, quoted by the BBC after figures showed the GCSE results of Black Caribbean children had fallen dramatically short of the national average. In other education news, The Telegraph says "sixth-formers competing for places at leading universities may lose out if they have not signed up to a scheme for gifted children" while The Scotsman explores the phenomenon of bad behaviour in the classroom - junior school headmaster Bryan Lewis says the secret is to educate boys and girls together at primary level and separately at secondary school. [... more]

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