Professor: Private Schools in ‘The Poorest Slums’ Show How UK Parents Can Avoid Woke Agenda

Examples in “the poorest slums” show it’s possible to set up affordable private schools where children and parents can avoid the “woke agenda,” according to a British professor. James Tooley, vice-chancellor of the University of Buckingham, also told NTD’s “British Thought Leaders” programme that he wants university students to be challenged instead of given a “safe space” to avoid debate. The professor previously spent two decades in education projects in the developing world. In “some of the poorest, the poorest slums on this planet,” including slums in Lagos in Nigeria and Monrovia in Liberia, research found the majority of children in these slums go to private schools, Mr. Tooley said....