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After decimating its left, Labour has now turned its sights on teachers and children, in a wave of policy announcements that have left the education community incredulous, writes teacher ROBERT POOLE
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The NEU’s annual conference promises heated debate, with motions on international politics, curriculum reform and union amalgamation likely to provoke strong reactions and challenge the status quo, writes Education for Tomorrow editor ROBERT POOLE
“THERE are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen,” wrote Lenin. Never has this been so true as this week in Labour’s pronouncements on education.
First, there was the announcement that the pledge of free school meals for all was going to be scrapped; next up was the story about how it would send in teams of “super-teachers” into deprived areas; and finally — in the most extreme case of not reading the room ever — the insistence that it would increase the number of Ofsted inspections to yearly.
At this point, I fear that Keir Starmer is reading this author’s Morning Star contributions and then doing the exact opposite of whatever I say.
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The NEU’s annual conference promises heated debate, with motions on international politics, curriculum reform and union amalgamation likely to provoke strong reactions and challenge the status quo, writes Education for Tomorrow editor ROBERT POOLE
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