Given the scale of the economic crisis, it's not surprising the Treasury is reviewing spending priorities. The signs at the time of writing are that as well as trying to kick-start small business, the government will fast-track big infrastructure projects around schools, hospitals, housing and transport.
Investment in such visible construction is essential for children and young people. But equally so are the less tangible investments in efforts to promote strong and cohesive communities, to bind people together. History tells us that when economic times are tough, bigotry and intolerance in society tend to harden - which is why the NASUWT's warning of schools flouting their duty to report incidents of racist bullying against teachers and pupils is particularly worrying (see p12). It applies of course just as much to bullying against white as black or Asian pupils.
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