Education
5 January 2021 · · Britain, Covid-19, Education, trade unions · 3 comments
Education workers teach Tories and Starmer the bleeding obvious
Last week the National Education Union (NEU) represented about 450 000 teaching assistants, learning mentors, premises staff, office workers and teachers in schools and colleges in England a…
16 December 2020 · Britain, Education, Scotland, trade unions · 1 comment
Safety fears over Covid in schools
Safety fears over Covid in schools: Scottish teachers vote for industrial action as Labour London Councils call for early school closures Scottish teachers in three areas have voted overwhel…
21 October 2020 · · Britain, Education · 2 comments
Tory censorship of school curriculum
The Department for Education has issued ‘guidance’ for school heads and teachers on what can be taught in Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RHSE) classes (‘Schools in England told not…
16 August 2020 · · Britain, Education · 2 comments
Of car crashes and performance!
Car crashes usually are a matter of seconds in duration except when they involve politics, writes Jon Duveen . The School and College Examinations 2020 car crash has evolved over almost 5 mo…
19 May 2020 · · Britain, Education · 3 comments
Should parents and staff trust the Tories about return to school?
No one can doubt the Conservative Party’s commitment to children living in poverty and overcrowded homes with inadequate diets writes Andy Stowe . The Child Poverty Action Group says 4.1 mil…
9 March 2019 · Education, USA
We are fighting a mean-spirited and anti-democratic attack on public education
Oakland teachers aren’t just fighting for a living wage and better working conditions. They’re fighting against the closure of dozens of schools, which would pave the way for the privatizati…
23 January 2019 · · Britain, Education
Developing the National Education Service
One of the big ideas in the Labour Party’s manifesto for the General Election in 2017 was the creation of a National Education Service (NES), writes Jon Duveen . This idea was given more sub…
24 October 2018 · · Britain, Education
Beware of Ofsted inspectors bearing gifts
Phil Hearse analyses the statement on the 11 October from Ofsted that it is going to overhaul the way it inspects schools in England, downgrading the influence of exam results. Is Ofsted rea…
17 April 2018 · · Education · 1 comment
Education unions keep school funding on the agenda
The conference held over Easter weekend this year was the last for the National Union of Teachers (NUT), writes Jon Duveen . Next year what will take place is the first conference of the Nat…
8 March 2018 · · Britain, Education, Trade Unions, USA, Women
Education strikes are women's strikes
"The struggle for gender justice has always been and remains today crucial for the struggle for labour and social justice in general" - Sara Farris Two of the most significant labour dispute…
21 February 2018 · · Education, students, trade unions
Solidarity with the UCU Strike!
Starting Thursday February 22, members of the University College Union (UCU) at 61 universities will be taking strike action against proposed changes to their pension scheme, writes Nathan R…
31 May 2017 · Education · 1 comment
Vote for Education on June 8
It’s not hard to see why education is an issue in this general election. Socialist Resistance asked NUT activist Jon Duveen to explain what is happening. After seven years of Tory coalition …
22 May 2017 · Education, Scotland, trade unions
Scottish College Lecturers Celebrate Strike Victory
Hundreds of Scottish college lecturers braved torrential rain to rally in Glasgow on Saturday 20 th May in celebration of their strike victory, reports Donald Milligan. Workers, students and…
13 September 2016 · Education
Grammar schools – another step back to the 1950s
Paul Clarke writes The proposal by Theresa May and her Brexit cabinet to substantially increase the number of grammar schools is a further step towards entrenching class privilege – despite …