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10 February 2010 At the end of January, I attended a training meeting for teachers' union NUT reps in London. Only a day or two previously, a joint NUT/NAHT press statement had been issued stating that both unions will... Lewisham edutcation protest, photo Paul Mattsson 25 November 2009 When Labour came to power with a mission to sort out education, they bulldozed ahead with the mantra of "whatever works", writes Linda Taaffe. 25 November 2009 Lewisham National Union of Teachers (NUT) secretary and Socialist Party member Martin Powell-Davies received over three thousand first preference votes in the election for NUT vice-president, coming fourth out of six candidates, writes Report from Socialist Party Teachers. 25 November 2009 As the axe of council cuts looms and falls, with public services paying the price for the recession, school support staff are directly in the firing line, writes An education worker, Huddersfield. Martin Powell Davies at the Lewisham demonstration against destructive school policies, photo Paul Mattsson 21 October 2009 EVER SINCE New Labour was elected, they have sought to dictate to schools what to teach and even how to teach it. Policed by the threatening machinery of Ofsted inspections and league tables of SATs and GCSE results, schools have been bullied into following each new instruction imposed by ministers and Whitehall officials, writes Martin Powell-Davies, secretary, Lewisham NUT. 19 October 2009 When Labour came to power with a mission to sort out education, they bulldozed ahead with the mantra of "whatever works", writes Linda Taaffe. 14 October 2009 Socialist Party member Martin Powell-Davies is standing for election as vice president of the National Union of Teachers... 7 October 2009 Socialist Party member Martin Powell-Davies is standing for national vice-president of the National Union of Teachers (NUT)... 22 September 2009 ED BALLS' announcement of Labour's plans to impose £2 billion of cuts spells out the onslaught to be unleashed on teachers, writes Martin Powell-Davies, candidate for the NUT teachers' union vice-president post. 29 July 2009 CALIFORNIA'S STATE budget has an enormous $26 billion shortfall. To close it, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has taken a lesson from his silver screen days to "terminate" the state's welfare programmes... 1 - 10 of 117 records Search entire database: |