25 March 2008

Teachers balloting for strike action

NUT conference: STRIKE ACTION to oppose pay cuts, overwork and large class sizes. That was the main talking point at the National Union of Teachers conference over, writes Steve Score.

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19 March 2008

Magic strike at Merlin school

On a windy morning in south London, teachers at Merlin school held a very friendly but determined strike, writes Chris Newby

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19 March 2008

School tries to evict pupils

Residential caretaker Ricky Jones, his wife and three children face eviction from their home in William Patten School, Hackney, London...

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12 March 2008

School student strikes

Iraq war - five years ago: On the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq we look back at the inspiring actions of school and college students that took place in opposition to the war...

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20 February 2008

CWI school in Latin America

OVER 80 members of the Committee for a Workers' International* - representing sections in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile and Venezuela and visitors from Europe and the USA - recently met in Sao Paulo, Brazil, for an education school...

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30 January 2008

Anti-war protests save teachers

Last November over 125 students walked out of Foster High School in the US, in response to a call from Youth Against War and Racism (YAWR) to protest against the war in Iraq and military recruiters in schools... By Bryan Watson, Socialist Alternative

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30 January 2008

No more school closures!

Cardiff parents beat council cuts in 2006. Picture: Socialist Party Wales

EDUCATION IS under attack. 30,000 children could lose their rural schools in the first stage of the government's new closure plans. Socialist Party members Jim Reekie and Jake Moore report on the angry response in Shropshire to these threats....

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6 December 2007

Compulsory school to 18 - a rosy future for young people?

MANY YOUNG people hoping for a decent future, desperately seeking work, training and apprenticeships, might hope Gordon Brown's recent announcements will help them... By Nick Chaffey

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22 November 2007

'Cheap and nasty' Camden council to shut deaf school

On Wednesday 21 November staff, parents and pupils will be marching to stop Camden council deciding to close Frank Barnes primary school for deaf children... By Hugo Pierre, Camden Unison convener

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9 August 2007

Campaigners force Labour councillors to back off

How far will they go? OPPOSITION TO council plans to shut schools and leisure centres in Cardiff pushed local Labour councillors into retreat when over fifty people attended a meeting organised by the Socialist Party on 25 July in Llanrumney... By Ross Saunders

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26 July 2007

Tories save New Labour skins

IN MAY the Tories announced they were abandoning their policy of re-introducing 'grammar schools in every town.' Their then education spokesperson, David Willetts, argued they could use New Labour's education 'reforms' i...

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19 July 2007

School dinners saved... for now

On 24 May, Waltham Forest's Labour leader faced a 300-strong crowd of protesting catering workers, parents and school students on the town hall steps...

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12 July 2007

Cardiff: Fight school cuts and closures

PARENTS, SCHOOL students, teachers, school workers and local communities are united in condemning Cardiff Liberal council's latest round of school cutbacks....

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28 June 2007

Save Ryeish Green school

PARENTS AT Ryeish Green school near Reading are fighting plans to close their school...

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7 June 2007

Tony Blair "brings church into school"

NEW LABOUR'S academy schools are overwhelmingly state-funded but they are privately run - usually by millionaires or religious bodies...

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31 May 2007

Campaign brings victory against cuts

Pot and Pans demonstration in Waltham Forest against cuts to school meals, photo Paul Mattsson

WALTHAM FOREST council announced their decision in March to remove the subsidy to school meals and get rid of the borough's catering service, that not only finances and organises school meals but also provides 'meals on whe...

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31 May 2007

Fight against destructive school policies

Lewisham demonstration against destructive school policies, photo Paul Mattsson

Lewisham demo: AROUND 300 parents, pupils and teachers marched on the Civic Suite on 23 May where Lewisham council was meeting...

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26 May 2007

School meals - Victory!

Pot and Pans demonstration in Waltham Forest against cuts tro school meals, photo Paul Mattsson

After three short weeks of campaigning that seriously rattled councillors, the Leader Clyde Loakes yesterday offered to extend the school meals subsidy at least until 2009. In our books that is an unequivocal victory.

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24 May 2007

Canteen workers oppose school meals cuts

Waltham Forest: ON 18 May, Waltham Forest school 'dinner ladies', kitchen staff, parents and teachers organised a leafleting of Jamie Oliver's restaurant in North London...

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24 May 2007

School campaigners shake Wokingham

THE FIGHTBACK against cuts and privatisation is gathering pace in Berkshire...

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