Episode Five with Toria Bono. We discuss the use of platform, privilege, social inequalities, allyship and so much more.

Episode Four with Ahmed Hayat, teacher of Maths. ‘Life as a Pakistani British Educator’. We discuss the underachievement of Pakistani British boys, Islamophobia, mentoring, role models, South-Asian family structure, inequalities and Malcolm X.

Episode Three with Nicola Owen. Nicola discusses class, classism, community, her upbringing, meritocracy, the power of democracy, teacher wellbeing and 90s music.

#antismalltalk was privileged enough to host the wonderful Emily Dixon in our second episode in our ‘Conversations about Inequality’ series. Emily talks to us about all things teacher wellbeing, LGBTQ and mental health.

Episode One of our 'Conversations about Inequality' series featuring the wonderful Sharifa Lee.

Sharifa is a Deputy Head Teacher from the South East of England and passionate about all things social justice, equality and inclusion.

#antismaltalk will be launching a series called ‘Conversations about Inequality’. An authentic forum for educators to discuss social inequalities and their impacts. More information available at: https://shuaibwriteskhanthinks.wordpress.com/2020/08/07/antismalltalk/

Dealing with narcissistic abuse.

A look at educational policies from 1870-1965 and their impacts on the attainment of students.

Issues of class sizes, teacher retention and recruit, attainment poverty and the technology lag have existed before the global pandemic but only now have they reached public conversation. They are all a decade in the making and to imply teachers and COVID are to blame is a hugely distorted narrative.

We all have a Father or Mother we want to celebrate. Their lives need celebrating. Join us on June 20th from 11am to help reframe Fathers Day. Details will be available soon.