Education
Solidarity on the picket lines as colleges strike for pay rise
11 May 2018UCU union members at two London colleges struck on Friday as part of a series of walkouts over pay across ten colleges in England.
Tories’ £50 million grammar school scam to entrench class division
11 May 2018The Tories have unveiled plans to hand selective grammar schools £50 million—while slashing funding for state schools. The news has infuriated teachers, parents and education campaigners.
LETTERS: We're stronger and more united after Newham academy battle
07 May 2018We have lost, but we have won much, and we are not defeated
A step forward on pensions for university workers - but further attacks loom
01 May 2018Bosses have withdrawn plans for a defined contribution (DC) pension scheme for workers in older universities.
Standing in the way of privatised education - the battle against academies in Newham
01 May 2018An inspiring battle in east London has breathed new life into the fight to stop academies. Two socialist activists, Carolyn McGrath and Miriam Scharf, spoke to Socialist Worker about how the campaign was built – and how others can take up the struggle elsewhere
East London schools strikers rally together against academisation
26 April 2018Strikers, parents and their supporters rallied in east London on Thursday as three-day strikes at two schools came to an end
Parents, children and striking teachers protest at academies show
25 April 2018Demonstrators chanted, “Education, not privatisation,” and, “Our schools are not for sale.”
Education farce is at its best when it’s at its least serious
24 April 2018Some important issues are glossed over in a new play. But that does not stop the gags and performances from landing home, writes?Sam Lorde
School strikes are part of a big fight over the future of education
19 April 2018Workers at Connaught School for Girls in Waltham Forest ended a three-day strike on Thursday in a battle over pay. NEU union members are demanding the higher inner London pay rate at the outer London school.
Teachers stay out in Oklahoma after union leaders tell them to end their strikes
17 April 2018Teachers and other education workers in Oklahoma, US, are continuing strikes and protests for better pay—despite union leaders’ attempts to sell them out.
Anger that gripped universities is still there after UCU union vote on pensions deal
17 April 2018The fight is still on to beat bosses’ plans to gut workers’ pension schemes, says?Sadie Robinson
Strikers on the front foot in anti-academies battle in east London
17 April 2018There was an exuberant mood on the picket line at Avenue primary school in Newham on Tuesday.
Anger at UCU leadership - but action has created a union that can fight off attacks
10 April 2018UCU members at several universities were set to start a five-day strike on Monday 16 April if the latest offer on pensions is rejected.-
Teachers’ pay rebellion spreads across Oklahoma with second week of strikes
10 April 2018Teachers in the US state of Oklahoma began their second week of walkouts on Monday. They are striking for more pay and better education funding.
Vote No in the UCU university pensions ballot
05 April 2018After 14 days of strikes, many UCU union members are organising to reject the latest offer
Teachers must push pay fight after NUT conference
03 April 2018Teachers could be heading for a national strike ballot over pay. Delegates at the NUT union conference in Brighton last weekend passed a motion calling on the union to launch a “vigorous campaign” over pay.
Teachers at union conference support Palestine, oppose Islamophobia and defend Jeremy Corbyn
01 April 2018Anti-racism was a big theme of NUT teachers’ union conference this week
College strikes reject rotten pay offer - and fight for education
29 March 2018Workers across six further education colleges came to the end of a three-day strike on Thursday. The walkout hit five London colleges and Sandwell College in the Midlands.
UCU moves to a ballot on new offer. Vote No and build strikes
28 March 2018The campaign to reject has already begun. #RejectUUKdeal
Acton high school out for two days
27 March 2018NEU union members at Acton High school in west London began a two-day strike on Tuesday. Workers are in dispute over three issues – bullying, management’s response to behaviour issues and a planned takeover by Ark.
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