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Hot Water! Wading In On Polarising Topics

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There are circumstances in which schools and their leaders may feel it is appropriate to communicate with staff...

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Caroline Thompson
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There are circumstances in which schools and their leaders may feel it is appropriate to communicate with staff, the student body and/or the wider community to acknowledge or address contentious issues or events, and particularly those which will have a direct impact on the school community. However, handling such issues appropriately and sensitively can prove challenging.

In the social media era, educational institutions and those teaching within them face potential condemnation online and in person, if they make statements or take action seen as inappropriately partisan or controversial. The impact of such concerns and a resultant reluctance on the part of many within education to weigh in on divisive events or topics was documented in the 2024 review1 by Dame Sara Khan, the UK government's Independent Adviser for Social Cohesion and Resilience. In the report Dame Khan concluded that many teachers felt ill-equipped to talk about the Israel-Palestine conflict

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