We face austerity, privatisation, and toxic influence. But we are growing, and cannot be beaten
Smash the pay freeze and deliver for education workers
Teacher and NEU rep ROBERT POOLE looks at Westminster’s promises for education and comes to the conclusion that if there is hope it lies with the union
STATING THE OBVIOUS: Principle Matt Jones (centre) with students at Ark Globe Academy in London, as they receive their A-Level results in August 10, 2021; a student with a placard that says it all
Trump’s economic adviser has exposed the actual strategy: forcing other countries to provide financial support for US world hegemony
Activist Angie Zelter has been arrested more than a hundred times. She’s not stopping now, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Natalia Marques looks at last week's ruling that Khalil can be deported and its implications
We are not here to advocate for the arms industry or its CEOs, writes STEVE HANDFORD, and that means we must take a stand against the government’s spending on war
As Labour mimics Tory welfare cuts while ignoring crumbling schools, educators must collectively resist the government's priorities and fight for an inclusive, creative system that values all children, writes NEU president SARAH KILPATRICK
Although our sector is hearing better things from the current government, the recognition that what we do is education in its own right, rather than just childcare, is still not reflected in policy, writes LUCY COLEMAN
THE Labour roadshow rolled into Brighton last week. Although you might have been forgiven for thinking it was the Antiques Roadshow going by the speeches from the Parliamentary Labour Party — with fine slogans from the Blair era being wheeled out, such as “tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime” and “education, education, education.”
The leadership and shadow cabinet are trying their best to cosplay as friends of the working class while at the same time watering down or downright blocking any socialist motions, wooing businesses and attacking what is left of the left in the party.
But what are the Labour Party’s plans for education, I hear you cry. You may have missed the party’s announcements mainly because they were just fairly ordinary.
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