Dennis A Francis

I am still looking for Canadian and Scottish teachers to talk about their lifelong experiences of engaging with parents. If interested, send me an email to max.antony-newman@glasgow.ac.uk @centcs.bsky.social @dennisafrancis.bsky.social

Read book 17 for 2025.

BERA

To emphasize a point!

Congratulations and so well deserved @alisonmitchelluofg.bsky.social

Congratulation to my dear friend and colleague @alisonmitchelluofg.bsky.social a deserved winner of a SAMEE award. I am so privileged to know you co-facilitate LAR with you. Continue to inspire us all with your anti racism and social change work ❤️

Only five places remaining on our @edisglasgow.bsky.social #EPA in partnership with @edisglasgow.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @rushtondr.bsky.social @markrpriestley.bsky.social @annadbeck.bsky.social @sineadgormally.bsky.social @dennisafrancis.bsky.social @uofgheadship.bsky.social

“Education leads to enlightenment. Enlightenment opens the way to empathy. Empathy foreshadows reform.”
― Derrick A. Bell, Faces at the Bottom of the Well: The Permanence of Racism

There is still time to sign up for the last few places on #Leading #Anti-Racism Cohort Two, a partnership between @edisglasgow.bsky.social and @uofgsocsci.bsky.social, with participants from both in the same collaborative learning space. @alisonmitchelluofg.bsky.social @dennisafrancis.bsky.social

It’s not just ‘good genes.’ It’s a dark reminder of history. Outrage over the "good genes" ad comes in a time of heightened concerns about white supremacy and its historical ties to eugenics.

19thnews.org/2025/08/amer...

Logo of the Department of Education. Title: Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health Education. Subtitle: Statutory guidance for governing bodies, proprietors, head teachers, principals, senior leadership teams, and teachers. Dated July 2025

🆕🚨 New statutory Relationships and Sex Education guidance published today will:

- Restrict schools from using materials that "encourage pupils to question their gender"
- Teaches children the laws about "biological sex"
- Removes all references to the word transgender

What we know so far 🧵

Funny how much "encouraging pupils to question their gender" sounds like Section 28's "promoting homosexuality".

a drawing of angela davis with a quote about a racist society ALT: a drawing of angela davis with a quote about a racist society

Delighted that our abstract, 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐢-𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 @dennisafrancis.bsky.social @uofgheadship.bsky.social has been accepted for the 6th Annual International Conference of the @oiseuoft.bsky.social Center for Leadership and Diversity in October 2025 @drannlopez.bsky.social

Making with Pride Making with Pride is a month of queer-led workshops celebrating joy, resistance, and history through craft. We stitch, print, and create in solidarity — reclaiming space, sharing stories, and honourin...

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Privileged to participate in this #ISATT2025 symposium with such inspiring colleagues:

Taking Stock: A Diverse and Anti-Racist Teaching Profession in Scotland

@dennisafrancis.bsky.social @khadijamohammed.bsky.social #ChereenRain #AsifChisti @uofgheadship.bsky.social @isatt2025.bsky.social

Such a deserved nomination and I feel so privileged to work with you @alisonmitchelluofg.bsky.social in social change work ❤️

Thank you for this nomination! I am privileged to be listed with such fabulous colleagues who are committed to #AntiRacism 🥰
@dennisafrancis.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofgheadship.bsky.social

Happy #Pride month 2025! This year’s theme is “Activism and Social Change”, recognising the historical contributions of #LGBTQ+ individuals to advancing social change, and the ongoing struggle for equality! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @tie.scot @uofgheadship.bsky.social

“Nae problem here”: Troubling race and racism in Scottish education This article examines how Scottish schools perpetuate racism and uphold White normativity. It troubles frameworks which buttresses colour-evasive form…

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @antiracism.bsky.social @carheumn.bsky.social

The Supreme Court’s ruling on gender raises serious questions for schools New guidance states schools must not permit trans pupils to use the bathroom of their identified gender, but they still have a duty to safeguard them.

The Supreme Court’s ruling on gender raises serious questions for schools
theconversation.com/the-supreme-...

Wonderful pupils from St Francis of Assisi Primary School and their Headteacher, a participant from #LAR Cohort One, on BBC Reporting Scotland tonight talking about the importance of their #anti-racism charter. @alisonmitchelluofg.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @dennisafrancis.bsky.social

Thank you @uofgheadship.bsky.social it is good that this important work on education and social change gets the coverage it needs.

We are delighted at the uptake for #LAR, a collaboration between @uofgsocsci.bsky.social & @edisglasgow.bsky.social now recruiting for Cohort 2. Sign up via CPD Manager for #GCC colleagues and via @uofgheadship.bsky.social @dennisafrancis.bsky.social for #UofGEducation colleagues #LeadingAntiRacism

YouTube video by Good Law Project The Supreme Court refused to listen to trans voices. We brought them to the Supreme Court.

youtu.be/ReZf94jGOnU

Here's to the disruptors: a poem for the development community Writer Jennifer Lentfer has a message to inspire development workers all over the world during this time of reflection and contemplation

Inspirational keynote from Prof. Sinead Gormally @sineadgormally.bsky.social at the final session of Leading Anti-Racism (C1).

“Leadership as Activism for Social Change”

Beautiful poem to conclude! www.theguardian.com/global-devel... @alisonmitchelluofg.bsky.social @dennisafrancis.bsky.social

Can’t wait and we have such an amazing LAR final day programme

We look forward to the final session of Leading Anti-Racism Cohort 1 this Thursday where we are delighted to be joined by Prof. Sinéad Gormally, presenting her keynote: “Leadership as Activism for Social Change”. @sineadgormally.bsky.social @alisonmitchelluofg.bsky.social @dennisafrancis.bsky.social

Do not miss our parent engagement webinar with Dr Jacqui Getfield on May 21 at 10am EST/3pm GMT to know more about challenges & successes of Black mothers' engagement w/educators in spec education context bit.ly/41TJ0QR @victorerikray.bsky.social @dennisafrancis.bsky.social @thewoodbug.bsky.social

📣 Leading Anti Racism (LAR) Cohort Two (2025-2026) is now open for registration on CPD Manager!

Course Id: 90277
Course Ref: LAR/C2

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