Schools still assume students have a mum and dad who are together. This can leave separated parents ‘completely out of it’
- Written by Renee Desmarchelier, Associate Professor, Critical Pedagogies, University of Southern Queensland
Pixdeluxe/Getty Images In 1987, UK researchers lamented how schools were organised “around the assumption that the nuclear family is the norm”. Families who did not fit this model were “either ignored (tactfully) or categorised as abnormal”.
Several generations have passed through schools since then. And as we know, it...
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