Education workers teach Tories and Starmer the bleeding obvious
The NEU has won a major victory for its members and wider society. It has shown Labour what real leadership looks like.
Education
Safety fears over Covid in schools
Mike Picken reports on the latest crisis in education over Covid.
Tory censorship of school curriculum
The guidance forbids the use of materials produced by organisations and authors which are anti-capitalist, which contest social oppressions, or which criticise government policy.
Of car crashes and performance!
The outcome of this whole car crash is that students feel cheated of the results they should have had, and all the effects this will have on university entry and their future careers, and teachers feel conned by the government
Should parents and staff trust the Tories about return to school?
Education workers are facing enormous pressure to put their lives and health at risk.
We are fighting a mean-spirited and anti-democratic attack on public education
Oakland teachers aren’t just fighting for a living wage and better working conditions. They’re fighting against the closure of dozens of schools, which would pave the way for the privatization and destruction of public education.
Developing the National Education Service
One of the big ideas in the Labour Party’s manifesto for the General Election in 2017 was the creation of a National Education Service (NES), writes Jon Duveen. This idea [...]
Beware of Ofsted inspectors bearing gifts
Phil Hearse analyses the statement on the 11 October from Ofsted that it is going to overhaul the way it inspects schools in England, downgrading the influence of exam [...]
Education unions keep school funding on the agenda
The conference held over Easter weekend this year was the last for the National Union of Teachers (NUT), writes Jon Duveen. Next year what will take place is the first [...]
Education strikes are women’s strikes
“The struggle for gender justice has always been and remains today crucial for the struggle for labour and social justice in general” – Sara Farris Two of [...]
