Education round up 7/1/12 NUT and NASUWT reject pension offer. Gove talks shite about academies. Sutton council wants to ditch class size limit.
Neuropolitics, neuroeconomics, neuroethics... neurobabble: thoughts on 'Neuromania' Some initial thoughts on the recent book, Neuromania: On the limits of brain science by Paolo…
Class size matters... but money is tight. The resistance to smaller class sizes in state schools boils down to one thing - economics.
Radicals, Religion and the death of Hitchens In the few days since Christopher Hitchens died of cancer I've been puzzled by the unqualified tributes by certain 'radicals', for "my enemy's…
What would a boxers union look like? This week on a recent episode of fight sport podcast No Holds Barred there's a section on the possibilities of organising boxers into a union…
Anti-academy strike at Montgomery Primary school Staff at Montgomery Primary in Birmingham were on strike yesterday over plans to turn the school into an academy.
Academies, Free Schools, and destroying national pay agreements As expected, academies and 'Free' Schools were much less likely to have closed on the November 30th…
Langdon school on strike in Newham Teachers in Newham, east London, are on strike over management bullying and workload issues.
Wilshaw's war on teachers Not enough that he could be 'judge, jury and executioner' to teachers from January, Michael Wilshaw wants unions in on the act now too.
'Photocopying? No thanks!' Teachers 'work to rule' in force Since 1st December, teachers in the NASUWT have been on a 'work to rule', engaging only in tasks…
Birmingham Nov 30 Strike demo Brief personal report on the Birmingham November 30th Strike demo today.
Richard Lewontin "Science & Politics" A 2003 interview with marxist and evolutionary geneticist Richard Lewontin on the politics of science.
