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.
Education and the nature of success The first full blog post from Croydonian anarchist, describing (and critiquing) a talk recently put on by his school about being "successful".
Teach for America: the hidden curriculum of liberal do-gooders Teach for America, suitably representative of the liberal education reform more generally,…
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…
Imagine getting hurt at work, when you should be on strike. Taking joy in a worker being hurt at work is warped shit, that's not what this is about - you do…
Birmingham Nov 30 Strike demo Brief personal report on the Birmingham November 30th Strike demo today.
It was worse than we first thought, but never mind George Osborne has only just realised how bad the deficit actually was. To be fair he has only been in government for two years, so never mind…
General Strike in Portugal. A 24-hour strike in Portugal against proposed austerity measures has grounded flights and halted public transport. Hundreds of thousands of…