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School de-segregation and the Politics of âForced Integrationâ
Using the programme for creating the controversial school academies,
local governments in the UK have attempted to force an integration of schools
with majority white and ethnic minority pupil cohorts via new mergers. This has
largely been as a response to analystsâ fears about self-segregation and insufficient
community cohesion, following riots in northern towns in 2001 and the spectre of
radicalisation among young Muslims following 9/11 and 7/7. An examination of
school mergers in Burnley, Blackburn, Leeds and Oldham reveals how they have
amplified racial attacks on Muslim pupils and their feelings of insecurity, while
also fuelling a backlash against what is perceived by some members of the white
working class as a form of social engineering that endangers white privilege
Can a Ketone Be More Reactive than an Aldehyde? Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Substituted Tetrahydrofurans
O-heterocycles bearing tetrasubstituted stereogenic centers are prepared via catalytic chemo- and enantioselective nucleophilic additions to ketoaldehydes, in which the ketone reacts preferentially over the aldehyde. Five- and six-membered rings with both aromatic and aliphatic substituents, as well as an alkynyl substituent, are obtained. Moreover, 2,2,5-trisubstituted and 2,2,5,5-tetrasubstituted tetrahydrofurans are synthesized with excellent stereoselectivities. Additionally, the synthetic utility of the described method is demonstrated with a three-step synthesis of the side chain of anhydroharringtonine