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TEACHERS vowed to tackle the “emerging crisis” in schools yesterday and stop the Tory wrecking ball demolishing our education system.
On the day the National Union of Teachers (NUT) launched its trailblazing Stand Up for Education campaign, NUT general secretary Christine Blower declared: “Every child deserves a qualified teacher for every lesson every day.”
Former education secretary Michael Gove pet “free” schools project has let people with no teaching qualifications whatsoever loose in the nation’s classrooms.
MATT WRACK issues a clarion call for a rejuvenation of public services for the sake of our communities and our young people
With 170,000 children living in poverty in north-east England and teachers leaving in droves over 20 per cent real-terms pay cuts since 2010, all while private companies siphon off billions, it is time to unite and fight for education, writes MATT WRACK
NICOLA SARAH HAWKINS explains how an under-regulated introduction of AI into education is already exacerbating inequalities