Ecuador’s election wasn’t free — and its people will pay the price under President Noboa
The government is failing poor pupils
If the school cuts are allowed to continue, we're in danger of leaving behind a whole generation of working-class children, says ROBERT POOLE
Child poverty
Join the traditional march from Clerkenwell Green, which will bring together countless international workers’ organisations in a statement against the far right
The money tap to anti-Cuban agitators will never be shut off under Trump
Mountains of research show that hardcore material harms children, yet there are still no simple measures in place
We face austerity, privatisation, and toxic influence. But we are growing, and cannot be beaten
Trump’s economic adviser has exposed the actual strategy: forcing other countries to provide financial support for US hegemony
Activist Angie Zelter has been arrested more than a hundred times. She’s not stopping now, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
THE independent think tank, the Education Policy Institute, published its 2019 annual report on the state of education in England last month and the results are damning.
It reveals that children from socioeconomically disadvantaged families will be nearly two years behind their wealthier peers by the end of secondary school, with the cause of this being traced back even before their birth.
The EPI published an infographic showing the lives of two children from different backgrounds. One a working-class child, the other a more wealthy child.
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