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Education Reforms Risk Distorted History Narratives Amid Decolonisation

5/21/2025

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Recent education reforms have enhanced history teaching, yet the drive for 'decolonisation' threatens to skew perspectives. In the wake of Black Lives Matter protests, 83% of schools revamped their curriculums, often relying on flawed resources. This has led to misleading narratives about Stonehenge's builders and misrepresented roles of West African kingdoms in the slave trade.

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Recent education reforms have enhanced history teaching, yet the drive for 'decolonisation' threatens to skew perspectives. In the wake of Black Lives Matter protests, 83% of schools revamped their curriculums, often relying on flawed resources. This has led to misleading narratives about Stonehenge's builders and misrepresented roles of West African kingdoms in the slave trade.