Schools
‘Our empowering strike has brought people together,’ says East London school striker
12 November 2020A brilliant turnout of lively, dancing, singing people saw over 50 strikers and supporters gather at Little Ilford School in Manor Park on Thursday morning.
French teachers strike for better virus safety measures
11 November 2020French teachers struck and demonstrated in large numbers on Tuesday demanding coronavirus safety. But they also raised many other educational demands.
Schools are major spreaders of coronavirus—but Tories keep them open
09 November 2020The Tories are risking lives by keeping schools and colleges open—and are undermining the latest coronavirus lockdown.
The Tories backtrack after school meals theft
09 November 2020After weeks of insisting that the meals would only be provided in term time, the government has said it will provide them during holidays too.
Students and teachers in France continue protests and strikes to demand safety
07 November 2020A French education union has called a national strike for next Tuesday to enforce coronavirus safety in schools.
Teachers’ strikes and student blockades in France over lack of virus safety in schools
03 November 2020Thousands of teachers struck across France on Monday and Tuesday in protest at the lack of coronavirus safety in schools.
Education workers demand schools close during lockdown, and discuss how to make it happen
01 November 2020The Tory plan leaves schools, colleges and universities – major sources of virus transmission – open
Solidarity not charity is answer to Tory cruelty
27 October 2020The Tories’ refusal to give free school meals to children in the holidays has seen an outpouring of support for poor children from ordinary people.
Parents slam Tories over free school meals - ‘They don’t care about our kids’
26 October 2020Fury is growing over the Tories’ refusal to extend free school meals (FSM) in England during the holidays.
Protesting at Tory scum who deny children food and destroy jobs
24 October 2020Protesters have taken to the streets over the decision to deny children free school meals and to end the furlough scheme
School students organise powerful anti-racist revolt
21 October 2020Students at Nonsuch High School For Girls in Cheam, west of London, have launched a fight against racism in their school. Their committed protests have included an 800-strong demonstration at the school.
Union backs two-week shutdown of secondaries
19 October 2020The infection rate among secondary school pupils rose by more than in any other age group since September.
Coronavirus cases soar after Tories’ new failures over testing
05 October 2020Official cases of coronavirus in Britain shot up last weekend after a failure in the Tories’ test and trace system.
Damning report exposes racist school discipline measures
03 October 2020An Institute of Race Relations report published last week showed how school sets up poorer black boys in particular for a life of exclusion.
A lockdown on dissent
29 September 2020There was justified anger from the left in response to new government teaching guidelines that ban anti-capitalist teaching materials from classrooms.
Students to strike for the climate
21 September 2020School strikers around the world were set to take action this Friday to demand that governments take the climate emergency seriously
LETTERS—Grouse shooting rule shows what the elite are about
18 September 2020As if we need yet another example of how out of touch the Tories are, here we go again.
Schools on brink of outbreaks
14 September 2020Scores of schools across England have closed or partially closed after positive coronavirus cases.
Massive surge in virus cases shows Tory failures
08 September 2020Britain recorded an enormous rise in coronavirus cases on Sunday. Some 2,988 people tested positive, compared to 1,813 on Saturday—a rise of over 50 percent.
Students return to schools despite safety fears
03 September 2020Children across England have begun returning to schools this week. The Tories claim they want everyone back so that students don’t miss out on education and vulnerable children have more support.
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- Black and Asian workers hit hardest by pandemic job losses
- ‘It’s profit over health always’—workers forced into unsafe workplaces speak out
- Action over Grenfell materials is too little, too late
- British Gas workers take to picket lines over ‘fire and rehire’
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