Proposals set out in Back on Track, the government white paper intended to transform alternative education, do not account for the disproportionate number of ethnic minority pupils excluded from school, claim the Runnymede Trust and the Communities Empowerment Network. In response to the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) consultation on the white paper, the Runnymede Trust said the proposals reflected an inconsistent equality policy by recognising gender and disability issues but ignoring pupils' ethnicity. Rob Berkeley, deputy director at...