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In September 2007, maintained schools in England were given a statutory duty to promote community cohesion in order to prepare young people to live in a culturally diverse society alongside others from different religious, ethnic and social backgrounds (DCSF 2007, 1). Part of this duty was to enable young people to experience, understand and embrace diversity through curricular and extra-curricular activities, extended services and partnerships. One approach was to link together schools with different ethnic, religious or cultural profiles to provide opportunities for young people to experience diversity firsthand.
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Ali, S. (2012). School Linking as a Means of Fostering Community Cohesion. In: Shuayb, M. (eds) Rethinking Education for Social Cohesion. Education, Economy and Society. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137283900_14
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