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School Exclusions: the teachers’ perspective

The RSA asked teachers about school exclusions. They told us they need more help from other professionals to prevent exclusions.

25 Sep 2019

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How can we make the growth of citizens assemblies last?

Many new citizens’ assemblies have been announced in the UK and across Europe. Why has this happened? And how can we make this ‘deliberative moment’ last?

13 Sep 2019 Riley Thorold

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6 principles for effective social action in schools

What we learned from working in primary schools.

2 Sep 2019 Hannah Breeze

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Past RSA Journals

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Empowering young people to create a democracy for the future

The RSA Tees Valley Fellows’ Network on their local work on democracy in schools.

19 Aug 2019 Paul Ingram FRSA

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Democracy versus the climate?

We need more democracy, not less, to fight climate change. Riley Thorold on the tension between the environment and democracy and plans to hold a citizens’ assembly on climate change in the UK.

20 Jun 2019 Riley Thorold

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The Tyranny of Merit | Michael Sandel

In this powerful new RSA Minimate, Michael Sandel confronts our age of stalling social mobility and entrenched inequality, and asks: what will it take to meet one of the biggest political challenges of our time?

24 May 2019