Schools
May’s grammar school plan reignites a classroom war
13 September 2016The Tory plan for new grammar schools in England is one of the first major announcements since Theresa May became prime minister.
Durham teaching assistants say no to deal that would cut their pay
13 September 2016Rank and file teaching assistants (TAs) are organising to reject a “much improved” offer from Labour-controlled Durham County Council.
Strike to beat the cuts as schools in England return
07 September 2016The two biggest fights we face in schools are over spending cuts that threaten to wreck education, and ending primary Sats tests.
School’s too soft when you can’t even drug your pupils
23 August 2016Nostalgic Tories want to take us back to the “selective” schooling system of their youth.
School janitors in Glasgow make a clean sweep with a strike
16 August 2016Glasgow school janitors began a five-day strike on Monday in a long-running dispute over pay with bosses at Cordia, a city council-owned firm.
School walkout over pay in Liverpool
19 July 2016Also: Academy action in Wallasey, East London school bosses back down, Kevin Courtney wins NUT union election
Teachers wage war on Tories with England-wide walkout
05 July 2016Teachers in England struck on Tuesday in a battle against Tory education policies and cuts. Thousands of schools were closed as the walkout made a big impact.
Teachers set to strike against Tory cuts - and fight to defend education
28 June 2016Teachers will take part in an England-wide school strike next Tuesday over the impact of Tory policies and funding cuts.
Teachers vote to walk out against Tory cuts
23 June 2016Teachers have called an England-wide strike on Tuesday 5 July against Tory funding cuts to education. The NUT union members voted by an overwhelming 92 percent for the action on a turnout of 25 percent.
Teaching assistants strike in Derby
21 June 2016A STRIKE by teaching assistants (TAs) in Derby shut thirty schools and partially closed many others last Thursday.
Teachers race to get out the biggest possible strike vote
14 June 2016Tory cuts, tests and academisation threaten schools, but teachers are ready to fight, says Sadie Robinson
Durham teaching assistants defy Labour council’s ‘galling’ raid on pay
24 May 2016Labour-run Durham County Council voted last week to sack 2,700 teaching assistants (TAs) and rehire them on worse contracts with up to 23 percent lower pay.
Teachers resist cuts, tests and academies
17 May 2016Campaigners told Sadie Robinson the Tories’ retreat doesn’t mean the threat to state schools has gone away
After forced academy retreat - teach the Tories a lesson
10 May 2016Last week the Tories withdrew a plan to force every school in England to become an academy by 2022. It was a humiliating defeat and a victory for everyone who has fought—but campaigners are clear that the fight isn’t over.
Prestwich Arts College workers begin three-day strike to save jobs
10 May 2016Prestwich Arts College teachers in Manchester began a three-day strike today, Tuesday, against compulsory redundancies.
School's out! When we learned to strike
10 May 2016Michael Lavalette, co-author of upcoming book Schools Out, spoke to Sadie Robinson about the radical tradition of school student strikes and how they have radicalised generations
Tories back down over forced academies
06 May 2016The Tories have withdrawn a plan to force every school in England to become an academy by 2020. It's a humiliating defeat for education secretary Nicky Morgan - and a cause for celebration for teachers, children and parents
Parents boycott Sats and slam Tory exam factories
03 May 2016Parents across England refused to take their six and seven year olds into schools on Tuesday. The “strike” was in protest at the hated Sats tests that turn schools into exam factories.
Parents' meeting denounces Tory academy plan and testing regime
23 April 2016Around 200 parents met in central London today, Saturday, to launch a new campaign—Parents Defending Education.
What is education for? How the market fails our children
19 April 2016Schools are increasingly focused on exams and targets. Adam Unwin, co-author of a new book on education, told Sadie Robinson competition lets children and teachers down
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