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SCOTTISH teachers must be “on guard” against the marketisation of schools, National Education Union joint president Kiri Tunks said yesterday.
In her sororal address to the Education Institute Scotland AGM, Ms Tunks said teachers north of the border should be in no doubt that the academies programme in England had been “a waste of money and an attack on democracy.”
She detailed the “absolute outrage” of school budget cuts in England, and noted that the Scottish education system still had many professional standards in place which have been eroded elsewhere.
Years of underfunding are eroding Scotland’s local services and deepening inequality in communities, says VINCE MILLS
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